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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Colombia El Bado, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Colombia El Bado; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Colombia El Bado; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Colombia El Bado; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇨🇴Colombia · Nariño

Colombia El Bado

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website
PROCESS NOT FULLY DISCLOSED
TagsColombiaNariñoBrown SugarArabicaSingle originEl BadoIntelligentsia CoffeeOwned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
🇨🇴Colombia
Brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Who owns the brand
A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇨🇴Colombia
Region
Nariño
Town
—
Farm / Station
El Bado
Farmer / Producer
—
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
—
Variety
—
Process
—
Roast
—
Tasting notes
Apple, Raw sugar
Fermentation
—
Drying
—
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • CURRENT-LOT PRODUCERThe exact current Intelligentsia page names El Bado farm but not a producer; historical and other-roaster producer credits were not transferred.
  • VARIETYCaturra is documented for historical or other-roaster El Bado lots, not for this exact current release.
  • PROCESSWashed processing appears on historical or older-edition El Bado records but the current exact Intelligentsia page does not disclose a process.
  • ALTITUDEPublished El Bado elevations vary by source and release; no lot identifier links a numeric value to the current coffee.
  • HARVESTThe exact release does not identify a crop or harvest year.
  • FERMENTATIONNo exact-release fermentation environment, duration, vessel, temperature or inoculation is published.
  • DRYING METHODNo exact-release drying surface, shade level, duration or endpoint is published.
  • FORMAL GRADEThe exact official page does not publish a formal green-coffee or cupping grade.
  • ROAST LEVELIntelligentsia does not publish a conventional light, medium or dark category for this release.
  • PUBLIC SENTIMENT RATINGNo independent exact-release tasting review or qualifying numeric product rating was verified; catalog indexes and roaster-wide discussion were excluded.
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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 El Bado
  2. 02
    The brand
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Not disclosed
  5. 05
    The farm
    El Bado
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Not disclosed
  7. 07
    The region
    Nariño
  8. 08
    The country
    🇨🇴Colombia
From the roaster

Intelligentsia identifies El Bado as one of the first farms it sourced in Nariño and says the coffee has returned to its menu regularly.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

Colombia El Bado is a long-standing offering from the Buesaco region of Nariño that has been a consistent feature on the Intelligentsia menu since 2010. It represents one of the first farms the roaster sourced from after their initial visit to the area for the Cup of Excellence competition.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Verified the current exact offer

Added the live $21 USD price, retained the documented 340 g catalog format, removed the placeholder grade and refreshed sold-out status through October 29, 2026.

02
Kept the farm link exact

Retained the existing El Bado farm connection because Intelligentsia explicitly names El Bado as the farm and ties its sourcing relationship to Buesaco and Nariño.

03
Separated release histories

Kept the live Apple + Raw Sugar profile distinct from Cherrybook’s archived apple, orange and plum catalog notes and from an older Tres Santos El Bado edition.

04
Protected lot-level provenance

Did not transfer producer, cultivar, elevation, washed process or drying data from historical Cup of Excellence, older Intelligentsia editions or another roaster’s 2026 El Bado lot.

What was added?

Verified structured price, refreshed availability, exact farm linkage, historical-release boundaries and four sourced editorial sections.

What wasn't added?

No current-lot producer, variety, altitude, harvest, process, fermentation, drying method, formal grade, roast label, owner score or public cup score was inferred.

Why it matters

El Bado has appeared across years and roasters, but farm-level or older-release facts do not automatically identify the current Intelligentsia lot.

What you might taste

Intelligentsia’s current page lists Apple + Raw Sugar; Cherrybook preserves apple, orange and plum from another catalog snapshot.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/colombia-el-bado
  • · https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/intelligentsia-colombia-el-bado
  • · https://allianceforcoffeeexcellence.org/farm-directory/90-85-2/
  • · https://crema.co/coffees/intelligentsia/colombia-tres-santos
  • · https://www.khazana-coffee.com/product-page/コロンビア-ナリーニョ-ニルソン-ロペス-エル-バド-カトゥーラ品種
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 2026-10-29) 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

Cherrybook is an exact catalog but reports no Coffee Review score, exact YouTube review, on-shop ratings or Cherrybook tastings. Its 60 CBI is a sparse evidence-of-quality index using roaster-wide Reddit and transparency signals, not an exact-coffee cup score. Historical El Bado lots and other roasters’ releases were excluded from sentiment.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: El Bado →
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