Colombia Finca Milan – Red Splash

Colombia Finca Milan – Red Splash

Good for you if: you love wild, fruit‑forward Colombians that still brew clean—think red berries, candy sweetness, and a playful, “funky but not dirty” profile.

Red Splash is an experimental lot from Finca Milan in Risaralda, Colombia, where Julio Madrid and team use their culturing‑style fermentation with a twist: nitro fermentation plus red berries to push intense red‑fruit character into classic Caturra. Ripe cherries are cooled, then sealed in low‑oxygen tanks with carefully prepared microbial cultures and a red‑fruit substrate before being finished as a washed coffee, giving loud aromatics but a surprisingly clean finish.

In the cup, expect strawberry syrup, raspberry candy, cherry soda and a soft floral top note, sitting on a sweet, silky body rather than heavy ferment. As filter, it tastes like a red‑fruit dessert; as modern espresso it becomes a vivid, high‑impact shot best enjoyed straight or in small milk drinks.

Coffee at a glance

• Taste notes: strawberry syrup, raspberry candy, cherry soda, light florals, silky sweetness

• Origin: Risaralda, Colombia

• Farm: Finca Milan – Julio Cesar Madrid

• Altitude: ±1,500–1,600 MASL

• Variety: Caturra (project lot)

• Process: Washed

• Fermentation: multi‑stage cultured / nitro with red berries (Red Splash protocol)

• Recommended: expressive filter brews (V60, Kalita, Aeropress) and adventurous modern espresso