Colombia Oscar Medina
Orange, Cherry cola, Chocolate
KALDI'S RELATIONSHIP COFFEE
WHY WE LOVE IT: This well-balanced coffee from our favorite coffee community is sweet and fruity, with a gentle, creamy body.
REGION: Huila
ALTITUDE: 1,696 m
PROCESSING: Washed
VARIETY: Colombia
We are ecstatic to again feature the work of Oscar Medina, a producer from our long-time partners at the Monserrate community. This well-balanced coffee is sweet and fruity, with a gentle, creamy texture that is reminiscent of a chocolate orange and cherry cola. One of the most rewarding parts of working closely with producers like Oscar is seeing what’s possible when trust, consistency, and communication flourish. This coffee is a testament to both the exceptional quality coming out of Monserrate and the strength of collaborative relationships built over time.
DISCOVER MORE
Oscar Medina and his mother, Omaira Quintero, are the owners of Finca Los Altares, a small farm located near a river in the Monserrate region. Raised in a coffee-farming family, Oscar joined the Proagromil group to improve the quality of his harvests. Since then, he has made steady improvements to the farm, building a dedicated drying station, a coffee processing area, and even a composting system to manage byproducts sustainably.
Today, Los Altares includes 2.5 productive hectares of coffee, yielding roughly 4,750 kilograms of dried parchment coffee each year. The family also cultivates plantains alongside their coffee trees, practicing small-scale intercropping. Oscar’s dedication to quality has earned him recognition which has included first place in the annual “Lo Mejor de Monserrate” competition.
MORE ABOUT MONSERRATE
Coffee from Colombia Monserrate is one of those things we could wax poetic about for hours and hours. Our oldest relationship coffee, team members from Kaldi's Coffee have bonded, drank coffee, and played soccer with the great people of the Monserrate community across several origin trips spanning back to 2009. The small community's dedication to quality over the years has been inspiring to watch.
The Colombia Monserrate community lot (blended coffee from producers throughout Monserrate) plays a pivotal role in many of our blends throughout the year. Its reliable quality and sweetness are a major driver in the same qualities you are used to getting from Cafe Kaldi and 700.
WE TASTE
Orange, Cherry cola, and Chocolate
roast level
Light-medium
fresh roasted
Ships fresh roasted from our St. Louis roastery
CUPS PER BAG SIZE
Freshness Tip: Choose the size that you'll drink within 3 to 4 weeks
12 OUNCE
~18 cups
2 POUND
~48 cups
5 POUND
~121 cups
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FAQ
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When you place an order from us, our highest priority is sending you the freshest coffee possible. You deserve it, and frankly so do our world class coffee producers and their coffees.
Read our blog on the benefits of fresh roasted coffee to learn more.
- If you order on Monday - Thursday before 3:00pm CST, your order will ship out the next business day.
- If you order on Monday - Thursday after 3:00pm CST, your order will ship out the day following the next business day. (ex: orders placed at 4:00pm CST on a Monday will ship on Wednesday).
- If you order Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, at any time, your order will ship out on Monday, barring holidays.
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We offer three different grind sizes on the vast majority of our coffee offerings: drip, espresso, and French press.
- Use drip grind if you plan on making your coffee using a coffee machine, in a pour over brewer, or if you want to try a newer way to make your trusty French press.
- Use espresso grind if you have an espresso machine at home. This grind will be very fine and will over-extract (in other words, taste bitter and chalky) in other methods.
- Use French press grind if you are making a coffee in the more traditional French Press method, or making cold brew, or do very large batches in a Chemex (greater than 60 grams of coffee).
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Please visit our brewing page here. Coffee brewing is as much an art as it is a science, and it might take a few tries for you to find a sweet-spot that matches your taste preference. We recommend not getting too lost in the "right" way to brew, but instead focus on what you like and try to educate yourself on some best practices. And then just take it from there!
That said, we offer several how-to's for many popular brewers:
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Our blends run from medium-light to dark. You can get a full breakdown of the blends in our Blend Buying Guide.
Core Blends include:
700 is our medium-roast core espresso blend that also tastes great as drip.
Cafe Kaldi has been our house blend since 1994. It contains coffee from Ethiopia that gives it a touch of complexity.
Dancing Goats Blend is a little more developed and gives a bit bolder of a cup.
Highlander Grogg is a fan-favorite flavored coffee.