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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Colombia Altos de Quitumpamba Chiroso, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Colombia Altos de Quitumpamba Chiroso; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Colombia Altos de Quitumpamba Chiroso; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Colombia Altos de Quitumpamba Chiroso; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇨🇴ColombiaWashedChirosoLight roast
Roaster website
Country
🇨🇴Colombia
Region
Nariño
Town
Buesaco
Farm / Station
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Process
Roast
Light
Tasting notes
Lemongrass, Pear, Honeysuckle, Yuzu
Fermentation
Monitored fermentation; the exact Chiroso timing is not reliably disclosed.
Drying
Raised-bed dried; exact duration withheld because the detailed paragraph conflicts on variety.
Product page
Date reviewed
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Why some details are blank
  • fermentation durationThe only detailed timing is in a paragraph that identifies Pink Bourbon, contradicting this Chiroso listing.
  • drying durationRaised-bed drying is verified, but the 12-day duration appears in the contradictory Pink Bourbon paragraph.
  • harvest yearThe exact page states April without a harvest year.
  • gradeThe exact release page does not publish a formal green-coffee grade.
  • roast dateThe public release page does not expose a stable bag-specific roast date.
  • sentiment ratingNo independent exact-coffee rating or substantive tasting review qualified.
The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

Every link we could verify, traced in one place. Follow the chain as far as it goes — when the industry doesn't disclose a link, we say so instead of guessing.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    Colombia Altos de Quitumpamba Chiroso
  2. 02
  3. 03
    The roaster
  4. 04
    The variety
  5. 05
  6. 07
    The region
  7. 08
From the producer

Carolina Chalapud Daza and Guillermo Torres Daza produce this coffee at their farm in Buesaco, Nariño, utilizing meticulous processing methods to highlight the unique characteristics of the high-altitude terroir.

From the roaster

The roaster shares a second release from Carolina Chalapud Daza and Guillermo Torres Daza, highlighting the Chiroso variety grown at 2,200 meters.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

Carolina Chalapud Daza and Guillermo Torres Daza grew this Chiroso at 2,200 m in Buesaco, Nariño; Onyx documents a monitored washed fermentation and slow raised-bed drying.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Washed processing

Onyx identifies the Chiroso release as washed.

02
Monitored fermentation

The abstract confirms monitored fermentation but does not provide a conflict-free duration for this Chiroso lot.

03
Raised-bed drying

The structured drying field and abstract confirm raised-bed drying; the duration is not assigned because the detailed story switches to Pink Bourbon.

What was added?

No added fruit, spices, or flavorings are documented.

What wasn't added?

The copied Pink Bourbon paragraph's timing sequence is excluded from the Chiroso profile.

Why it matters

This preserves the verified Chiroso identity without laundering contradictory product copy into precise processing facts.

What you might taste

Lemongrass, pear, honeysuckle, and yuzu, as listed by Onyx.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://onyxcoffeelab.com/products/colombia-altos-de-quitumpamba-chiroso
Coffee profile

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

This coffee is in our database because we can reliably document it — but we haven't tasted and scored it yet, and we never publish a score we haven't earned.

Outside reviews and internet discussion — is kept clearly separate from our own review. When we taste it, our full review appears here.

The internet pulse

What the internet is saying about this coffee

Research complete — no qualifying reviews yet

Our research pipeline scanned public reviews, videos, forums and discussions for this coffee (last pass 2026-10-25) and found no independent review of this exact release that meets our verification standards. When qualifying sources appear, they'll be published here.

What we found

Non-exact, seller, directory, generic-roaster, different-release, duplicate, and older-release sources were excluded. No qualifying independent exact-release review remains.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Same coffee, different roaster?

Other roasters, same producer.

These coffees come from the same producer or farm, offered by other roasters. We never automatically declare two offerings the exact same coffee — a match requires lot, harvest and traceability details. Even a true same-lot pair can taste different: roast approach, freshness, rest and brewing all reshape the cup.

Onyx Coffee Lab · Colombia
Same producer, farm, variety & process — lot and harvest not yet verified.
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Onyx Coffee Lab · Colombia
Same producer and farm — likely a different lot, variety or process.
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