Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Colombia Juan Martín Arara, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Colombia Juan Martín Arara; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇨🇴Colombia · Cauca

Colombia Juan Martín Arara

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website

TRADITIONAL PROCESS

TagsColombia Cauca Arara Washed Grapefruit Arabica Single origin Finca Juan Martín Banexport Intelligentsia Coffee Owned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)

🇨🇴ColombiaWashedArara

Brand

Intelligentsia Coffee

Who owns the brand

A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)

Roaster website

Visit website

Country

🇨🇴Colombia

Region

Cauca

Town

Sotará

Farm / Station

Finca Juan Martín

Farmer / Producer

Banexport

Species

Arabica

Type

Single origin

Grade

Not specified

Variety

Arara

Process

Roast

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Tasting notes

Grapefruit, Green Grape, Rhubarb

Fermentation

—

Drying

—

Product page

Roaster's site

Date reviewed

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Why some details are blank

altitude mBanexport describes Finca Juan Martín at 2,050 m, but the exact Intelligentsia release and exact catalog publish no lot-specific elevation; the farm-wide value is retained as context only.
harvestNo harvest window or crop year is published for this exact release.
fermentationThe exact catalog classifies the release as washed, but no fermentation method or duration is published.
drying methodNo release-specific drying method is published; Banexport says processing practices are tailored by variety but does not identify this lot's protocol.
gradeNo formal green-coffee or cupping grade is published for this exact release.
roast levelIntelligentsia's proprietary Comforting descriptor was not translated into a conventional light/medium/dark category.
public sentiment ratingNo qualifying independent exact-release tasting review was found; Cherrybook's index uses roaster-level and disclosure signals.

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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.

01
The name on the bag
Colombia Juan Martín Arara
Named on the bag
02
The brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Documented
03
The roaster
Intelligentsia Coffee
Documented
04
The variety
Arara
Documented
05
The farm
Finca Juan Martín
Documented
06
The farmer
Banexport
Documented
07
The region
Cauca
Documented
08
The country
🇨🇴Colombia
Documented

From the producer

Finca Juan Martín is owned and operated by Banexport as an experimental farm and innovation center in Sotará, Cauca.

From the roaster

Intelligentsia labels this release with its proprietary “Comforting” roast descriptor; no generic roast level was inferred.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A rare single-variety Arara release from Banexport’s experimental Finca Juan Martín, documented with an exact washed-process catalog entry.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

Verified the exact release

The live Intelligentsia page confirms $30, sold-out status, single-variety Arara, the proprietary Comforting descriptor, and grapefruit, green grape, and rhubarb.

Reconciled structured commerce fields

Filled the previously blank USD price fields with $30 and retained the exact 340 g package corroborated by Cherrybook.

Preserved farm and process boundaries

Kept Banexport, Finca Juan Martín, Arara, and washed processing while treating Banexport's 2,050 m as farm context rather than exact-lot elevation.

Separated evidence from sentiment

Used Cherrybook for exact catalog corroboration but excluded its roaster-level index from exact-coffee public sentiment.

What was added?

Structured $30 USD price, refreshed sold-out verification, current research dates, farm-context sourcing, clearer altitude boundaries, and explicit score provenance.

What wasn't added?

No lot-specific elevation, harvest, fermentation duration, drying method, formal grade, conventional roast level, owner tasting, approval, verdict, review date, house score, or public-sentiment rating was inferred.

Why it matters

The page now aligns its structured commerce fields with the exact listing while separating farm-wide context from release-specific facts.

What you might taste

Grapefruit, green grape, and rhubarb according to Intelligentsia; these are roaster notes, not our tasting.

Sources for these process claims

· https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/colombia-juan-martin-arara
· https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/intelligentsia-colombia-juan-martin-arara
· https://banexport.com/farm-juan-martin
· https://sistemas.agricultura.gov.br/snpc/cultivarweb/detalhe_cultivar.php?codsr=28845&codverif=0

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 2026-11-02) 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's exact catalog page corroborates the release's $30/340 g price, sold-out status, washed classification, farm, and roaster notes. Its index relies on roaster-level Reddit and disclosure signals rather than exact-release tasting reviews. Listings for Juan Martín Arara from other roasters were excluded as different releases.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Finca Juan Martín →Meet the farmer: Banexport →

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