Colombian Excelso

Name: Colombian Excelso
Brand: mycuppa
SKU: COLE1WB
Price: 41.0 AUD
Availability: InStock

$41.00

Flavor intensity : 8

Pack Size

1kg 500g

Option to Grind

Whole Bean Espresso grind Stovetop grind Aeropress grind Drip/Filter grind Pour Over grind Plunger grind

Product variants

Cup and Taste Notes

Flavor : Hazelnut, praline, caramel following with a long, dark chocolate finish

Acidity : Medium, citrus

Body : Syrupy and juicy

Aroma : Cocoa, nuts

Roaster's Notes

La Nina weather patterns have resulted in excessive and persistent rains across Colombia for the last 12 months. This has adversely affected growing, harvesting and transport of coffee.

The current lot is from Tolima which is our favorite Department. Tolima coffees have elegant dark chocolate, plum and sweet tasting cups.

Our medium roast level displays a beautiful, classic Colombian flavor profile with a perfect balance of sweetness, acidity and complexity.

Brew Recipe

Brew recipes are only intended as a rough and general guide. Always adjust recipe parameters to suit your own personal taste.

Dose - 18 - 20 grams

Yield - 36 - 40 grams

Time - 29 to 32 seconds

Ratio - 1 over 2

Guide - Tolima is grown at higher altitude and will have a harder density. With harder beans you need to be mindful of the grind and dose accuracy for sufficient yield.
There is a delicious malic acid note here that will work wonderfully with dairy/alternatives added.

Delivery and Shipping

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AusPost Express option available.

Shipped fast - orders received before 3pm sent same day.

Orders will ship via AusPost or StarTrack for large, buky orders.

We care - all orders are packed into cartons to protect. Never satchels.

How shipping costs are calculated : Shipping charges vary and there is no flat rate. Carriers use destination (your postcode), the cubic volume (size) and the weight of a parcel to determine cost.

We try our best to offer the most competitive rates.

When will my parcel arrive : Unfortunately, it's not possible to supply accurate delivery times and we suggest checking the courier websites for the latest transit times.

We promise to get your order ready super-fast, nothing hangs around waiting.

Generally, we pick, pack and ship your order within an hour during our work shifts.

Tracking: You will receive notifications and tracking details via email as we pick and ship your order. Once we hand over your parcel to the courier they will keep you informed as the parcel makes the journey to you.

Why we are faster: We get it, nobody likes waiting for deliveries, especially coffee.

Our large size enables us to have direct access to a high-speed hub that bypasses Melbourne Parcel Facility - a source of delays. We can't guarantee all parcels will bypass MPF as this is subject to route plans by the courier.

It is possible to reduce 1-2 days from the transit time by helping your parcel arrive sooner.

Suitable for : Espresso, Stovetop, Drip/Filter, Percolator, Plunger

A super example of Tolima's finest coffees. Rich in cocoa, plum and sweet acids with a delicious dark chocolate finish.

Description

Colombian Excelso Coffee Beans

A delicious and well-rounded single-origin coffee. This 100% Arabica, medium-roast Colombian Excelso is a classic for a reason. It's the perfect choice for your milk-based espresso, delivering sweet, elegant flavours of roasted hazelnut, milk chocolate, and a rich aftertaste of caramel and toffee.

☕ Colombian Excelso at a Glance

Origin: Colombia (Single Origin)
Classification: Excelso
Bean: 100% Arabica
Roast: Medium
Tasting Notes: Roasted Hazelnut, Milk Chocolate, Caramel, Toffee
Best For: All milk-based coffees (flat white, latte, cappuccino) and as a smooth, balanced espresso
Sizes: 500g or 1kg bags
Format: Choose Whole Beans or Ground for your specific brewer.
Also Try: Our Organic Colombian Coffee for a different profile.

A Perfectly Balanced, Crowd-Pleasing Coffee

Our Colombian Excelso is smooth, sweet, and has a softer milk chocolate note that makes it incredibly easy to drink.

What sets this coffee apart is its "ZING"—a sharper, crisp apple acidity that cuts through milk beautifully, enhancing the rich caramel and toffee notes. This balance makes it a versatile, well-rounded coffee that hits the spot every time.

Our 20-Year Expertise: Why We Choose Excelso over Supremo

It's a common myth that "Supremo" is superior to "Excelso." In reality, these are simply physical size grades:

Supremo: Larger beans (screen size 17+)
Excelso: Slightly smaller beans (screen size 14-16)

"Supremo" does not automatically mean better flavour. In our 20+ years of roasting, we've found that Excelso beans often deliver exceptional sweet flavours, brighter acidity, and more fruit complexity. While Supremo can offer more body, we find the vibrant, clean, and sweet cup of an Excelso is consistently more impressive.

The Heart of Colombian Coffee

Colombia produces some of the world's finest coffee, grown by over half a million (mostly small-scale) farmers. This small-lot structure means more care and attention is given to the crops, resulting in higher quality.

Colombia's vast, mountainous geography also means the coffee harvest is spaced across the full year. We leverage this by sourcing 6 to 8 different lots annually from various regions, ensuring our customers always receive the freshest, most vibrant beans available.

A Guide to the Regions We Source From

The beauty of Colombian coffee is its diversity. The lot you receive will come from one of these highly-regarded regions, each with its own unique "terroir."

Popayan (Cauca)

Profile: A highly regarded district. Our lots from here (screen size 15+) are known for a soft, sweet flavour of honey and toffee, crisp apple acidity, a syrupy body, and a creamy cocoa finish.

Inza

Profile: These coffees truly stand out. They have a sparkling acidity and a clean flavour that is ideal for home espresso. Expect a medium-to-bold body with notes of chocolate, citrus fruit, berries, and currants.

Huila

Profile: As one of the largest growing areas, Huila coffees are known for being softer and more balanced. The primary attributes are classic milk chocolate and nutty flavours.

Narino

Profile: Harder to source but incredible. Located at one of the highest elevations, the colder air causes cherries to ripen slower, developing immense sweetness and acidity. Narino coffee is complex, intensely sweet, and (when we can get it) bloody fantastic.

Tolima

Profile: A team favourite. Tolima produces some of the sweetest, most delicious coffees we've ever tasted, generating intense layers of chocolate and prized dark cocoa.

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mycuppa uses a full cast iron coffee roaster for maximum flavor and sweetness

Why our coffees are different

Our custom SUPA-ROASTA is a one-of-a-kind, fully cast-iron platform using the most advanced computer controls for ultra-precise roasting of the best-tasting coffees.
These days, complete cast-iron roasting systems are extremely rare. Only cast-iron platforms can impart that highly desirable soft, moist heat into the coffee beans.
Would the best chefs and BBQ experts cook their culinary delights on Stainless, Alloy or Mild Steel or Air ?
Nope, neither would we.
mycuppa's SUPA-ROASTA creates coffees with smooth, rich, high-flavoured tastes, full and syrupy body, fine acidity and of course our trademark long, sweet finish.
Nothing compares.

Why roasting with Cast Iron is best

how we roast your coffee

Roasting coffee is a precise science. These days, computer profiles perform most of the automated tasks for controlling a roast profile. However, through better quality control via tasting, testing and optimization, we can make a big difference to the finished product through setting special parameters.

Click on the "+" symbols to learn more about how we roast your coffees.

mycuppa explains the delicate balance when roasting coffees for exceptional flavors

Roast Balance

Roast depth is a moving target for most coffee brands. It can depend upon the individual lot being roasted, ambient conditions (hot or cold) and the target brew application.

Our roast depth always targets medium (except for filter roast products that are roasted lighter).

Our medium-level roast is a combination of many factors, such as the balance of flavour, sweetness and acidity.

Roasting too far in one direction tends to pull or detract from other attributes.

Roast Profile

Our roast profile has evolved and optimized over the last 20 years.

Not much has changed in the last few years as the level of quality has essentially maintained at a consistently high range.

We roast for a medium level that takes all of the attributes into consideration - flavour, complexity, sweetness, acidity, body, aroma and finish.

Our roast profile could be described as carefully cautious - unwilling to push into zones that create an unbalanced cup taste.

Colour

Roast color is an outdated metric which no longer applies to quality coffees.

The external color of a roasted coffee bean bares little resemblance to how that coffee was actually roasted.

In the past, coffee was segmented as light, medium or dark. But those motifs did not sufficiently encompass the number of variations possible.

The external shade of a roasted coffee is more influenced by the brix (sugars) of the bean, e.g. higher brix levels may present or display darker shades of brown when roasted.

The processing method also plays a role in determining the final colour. Washed coffees are darker in shade, as are Decaf coffees, while naturals display a lighter and mottled appearance.

The roast profile also impacts the finished colour. A lighter-colored coffee may have been roasted poorly, having baked or stalled with darker internal colours.

Similarly, a lighter external color might hide the darker internals from scorching or rapid roasting using an invalid profile.

Dark does not mean stronger. In fact, dark is weaker as acid and caffeine levels decline.

Acidity

Acidity is perhaps one of the most complex and mis-understood attributes of roasted coffee.

Acidity is a fundamental requirement for flavor, in fact acidity is the pathway of flavor compounds.

Customers often ask for low—or zero-acid coffees. However, those coffees with very low acidity typically display dull, mediocre, and boring cup elements.

Australian coffee drinkers are predominantly milk or dairy alternative drinkers. In fact 93% of coffee drinkers add something else to the coffee besides sugar.

Acids are mostly grouped as citric or malic. When coffee is roasted well, the acidity should result in delicious sweetness.

However, the extraction or brew process can also affect the taste.

See how our coffees are roasted so beautifully

Whole bean coffee stays fresher for much longer than ground coffees

Ground coffee is poor value

Whole beans are the only way to enjoy freshly roasted coffee.

The moment coffee beans are ground, most of the essential, active compounds in ground coffee oxidize rapidly, losing vitality, aroma, flavour and body.

Ground coffee barely lasts 15 minutes; even sealed packs lose more than 80% of the critical essence in 2 weeks.

Unfortunately, once you open and close that pack, it's game over, and the ground coffee continues to stale at 20x the rate of whole beans inside of a sealed, unopened pack.

If you love coffee, please don't waste money buying pre-ground packs; you only get a small part of the wonderful coffee experience.

Buy a decent grinder and purchase whole beans; it makes a huge difference in aroma, flavour, and enjoyment.

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