Casa Martínez — Organic Castillo Washed

CASA MARTÍNEZ — Castillo Organic Washed — Finca El Tulipán, Pinchote, Santander, Colombia · 1,615m

Twenty years of organic, chemical-free coffee from a family farm that produces less than half of what it could — on purpose.

In 2003, five siblings purchased a farm in Pinchote, Santander, with one simple intention: a place to gather, slow down, and be together. They called it Finca El Tulipán. What began as a family retreat became something none of them had planned — a coffee farm that would spend the next twenty years earning some of the most rigorous certifications in the industry and building a reputation for quality that now reaches international markets.

Casa Martínez is not industrial coffee. It never has been. The farm covers 3.5 hectares, and every decision reflects that smallness with pride. No synthetic fertilizers. No pesticides. No herbicides — not as a marketing choice, but as a commitment the family made from the beginning and has never broken. In over two decades, this coffee has never been touched by a chemical. Only natural minerals, careful hands, and patience.

That commitment has a measurable cost: while a conventional hectare produces 15 to 18 loads per year, El Tulipán produces 6 to 7. The Martínez family produces less than half of what they could, on purpose, because they believe the right way is the only way worth doing.

65% of the farm's production reaches malla 17 — the large grain size associated with the highest-quality lots in Colombian specialty coffee. Drying is done on the farm itself under solar conditions, with full control over every stage of post-harvest and no anonymous intermediaries. Native forests shade the plants and attract a rich diversity of birds and wildlife — a living ecosystem Rainforest Alliance has certified as genuinely sustainable — and give the cup its distinctive herbal notes and light citrus.

In the cup: Honeyed fragrance · Caramel · Chocolate · Herbal undertones · Light citrus · Medium acidity · Clean, balanced finish

Best brewed with: Pour-over · French Press · Drip — performs beautifully across all methods.

• Producer: Familia Martínez
• Origin: Finca El Tulipán, Pinchote, Santander, Colombia
• Altitude: 1,615 m
• Variety: Castillo
• Process: Washed
• Roast: Medium
• Certifications: Organic (Federación Nacional de Cafeteros) · Rainforest Alliance · D.O. Café de Colombia · D.O. Café de Santander
• Traceability: Fully traceable, farm-dried

Roasted in Santander, Colombia and shipped fresh from Miami. This is what we mean by human specialty coffee: real producers, real traceability, fair pay.