El Paraiso

Name: El Paraiso
Brand: Teso
Price: 79 PLN
Availability: InStock

Colombia, Quindío

In seventh heaven, everybody drinks El Paraiso. Straight from Arturo Arango’s farm in Quindío, Colombia, these naturally processed beans are grown and handled with precision. Plum sweetness meets cacao nib depth, tart lime and a hint of blackberry. Paradise, liquified.

79 PLN

(includes 23% VAT)

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Type: filter
origin: Quindío, Colombia
process: natural
tasting notes: blackberry, lime, plum, cacao nibs
varietal: Castillo
Roast date: 2026-05-08

This coffee comes from our Tesoro series — The X marks the spot.  El tesoro is here.

About the farm

El Paraiso sits at 1,300 MASL in Barcelona, in Colombia’s Quindío region. When Arturo Arango took over the 25-hectare farm over a decade ago, the coffee trees were already well past their prime. He started by renovating the old plants and introducing new varieties. Between the coffee rows, he planted yuca and lemon — a deliberate choice that creates a diversified growing system supporting the balance and resilience of the whole ecosystem.

Arturo studied business administration and went on to complete a master’s in agroindustry in Argentina. It was there that he discovered the world of specialty coffee and returned to Colombia with a clear goal: not to produce more, but to produce better. When the new trees began to bear fruit, Arturo knew he was on the right track.

The Castillo variety grown here is a hybrid of Timor Hybrid and Caturra, developed by Colombia’s Cenicafé. Resistant to coffee leaf rust, consistent in yield, and clean and balanced in the cup.

Harvesting is done by hand, selectively. Only fully ripe cherries make it to processing — hand-sorted and floated, then transported in GrainPro bags to the La Pradera processing center. There they undergo another round of sorting, 45-hour aerobic fermentation, and slow drying on raised beds. The full process takes between 8 and 12 days, with a target moisture content of 9.5–11%.

After work, Arturo likes to walk through the plantation. He says it’s the best way to clear his head.