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Nuevo Amanecer — supplied coffee image 1
Nuevo Amanecer — supplied coffee image 2
Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Nuevo Amanecer; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Nuevo Amanecer; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇨🇴ColombiaWashedField BlendLight roast
Roaster website
Country
🇨🇴Colombia
Region
Nariño
Town
El Tambo
Farm / Station
Agrocafe El Tambo
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Process
Roast
Light
Tasting notes
pomegranate, red grape, syrupy
Fermentation
—
Drying
—
Product page
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • individual farms and contributorsThe release is documented at the Agrocafe El Tambo association level; contributing farms and farmers are not named.
  • exact scalar elevationThe source publishes a 1,720–2,250 m range, so the range is preserved in text rather than converted to an invented point value.
  • cultivar proportionsCaturra, Castillo, and Colombia are verified, but their proportions are not published.
  • fermentation and drying protocolThe release is identified as washed, but fermentation time, washing sequence, drying surface, and drying duration are not disclosed.
  • selection scoreCounter Culture calls the coffee one of the highest-scoring association selections but does not publish its numeric cupping score or threshold.
  • consumer and sourcing priceThe subscriber-exclusive archive does not publish a retail bag price or a coffee-specific FOB price.
  • public sentiment ratingNo qualifying independent exact-release tasting or numeric score was found.
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
    Nuevo Amanecer
  2. 02
  3. 03
  4. 04
    The variety
  5. 05
    The farm
    Agrocafe El Tambo
  6. 06
  7. 07
    The region
  8. 08
From the producer

Agrocafe El Tambo is a farmer association in Nariño. Nuevo Amanecer, meaning New Dawn, is the association's coffee brand rather than a single farm.

From the roaster

Counter Culture Coffee is a specialty roaster focused on transparent sourcing, sustainability, and building long-term, equitable partnerships with coffee producers.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

The association emerged from the Catholic Relief Services Borderlands Coffee Project and uses collective organization to connect member farmers with specialty-coffee markets.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Built the missing editorial profile

Added four sections covering the subscriber release, association history, collective selection, 2019 producer-organization project, process limits, taste, and public evidence.

02
Connected the mixed-variety record

Linked the existing Field Blend record because the exact lot contains Caturra, Castillo, and Colombia; no new variety or farm was created.

03
Separated program context from lot facts

Kept the 2019 nursery, biofertilizer, and training project clearly distinct from the 2025 coffee’s undocumented processing details.

04
Protected score integrity

The roaster’s highest-scoring language was not converted into a cupping score, and no independent exact-release sentiment source was found.

What was added?

Editorial narrative, unknown-field explanations, the existing Field Blend relationship, and source-backed association-project context.

What wasn't added?

No individual farm, contributor list, cultivar proportions, detailed fermentation or drying protocol, numeric selection score, price, or public sentiment rating was inferred.

Why it matters

The page now explains both the release and the association’s broader work without treating organization-level history as farm- or lot-level detail.

What you might taste

Pomegranate, red grape, and a syrupy texture, based on Counter Culture’s tasting notes.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://counterculturecoffee.com/products/nuevo-amanecer-3
  • · https://counterculturecoffee.com/blogs/seeds-program/nursery-organic-compost-nuevo-amanecer-2019
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 2026-10-11) 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

Fresh exact-name searches found Counter Culture’s release and producer-program material, but no independent tasting that could be matched to this subscriber-exclusive 2025 lot. No public sentiment rating was calculated.

Until then, meet the people behind it: