Las Perlitas Filter espresso Mario Mejía is redefining what

Mario Mejía is redefining what it means to be a specialty coffee producer

There is little overlap with The Coffee Roaster's Companion

The coffee is then dried and polished for export

green or defective cherries

This prevented farmers from having a consistent partner to support them beyond simply buying their coffee cherries

Las Perlitas Filter espresso Mario Mejía is redefining whatIn Spanish, Las Perlitas means Little Pearls, and throughout the harvest, its quite common for smallholders in Colombia to produce lots that arent large enough to be exported on their own. However, the quality is often just as good (or even better) than that of larger lots. As such, we purchase all coffees scoring 86+ points, regardless of size, and create a larger, export size lot based on cup score and profile. The result is Las Perlitas Pink