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Nasa U'Y Community Blend - Pillars Series - NUY-01

$26.00

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A classic, consistent, and oh-so comforting coffee, the Nasa Community Blend is our Pillar of Pillars for a reason.

It's jam packed with notes of rich and creamy chocolates, so much syrupy molasses sweetness and a hint of spices like cinnamon and cardamom. Body-forward with subtle red fruit acidities, it's delicious no matter how you brew, and particularly apt for espresso.

Process

This is a community blend in the truest sense. It's grown by Nasa Indigenous smallholder families of Vereda de La Cruz in the Resguardo de Togoima, where the average farm is about one hectare and practices are traditionally organic and regenerative, with native shade trees providing a habitat for birds and other wildlife.

The Liz-Andela family buys from their neighbours on years of trust, always at a minimum of 10% above market rate, then blends and stores the coffee in parchment in their Bogotá warehouse.

Semiwashed is the traditional way the community treats its crop. Cherries are hand-picked, floated for quality and pulped with very little water, then washed before drying with some 30% of the mucilage still on. The parchment takes on a reddish hue and dries for about a month in marquesina (greenhouse).

Farm details

FarmVarious — Nasa U'Y community
ProducerWilmer Sanchez, Sonia Sanchez, Hugo Nez, Fernando Velasco, Manuel Cuchillo and many others
RegionVereda de La Cruz, Togoima Reservation, Tierradentro, Cauca
CountryColombia
Altitude1800masl+

Lot details

LotNasa Community Blend
VarietyCaturra, Colombia, Castillo, Cenicafe 1, Tabi, Bourbon
ProcessSemiwashed
HarvestSummer 2026
DryingMarquesina (greenhouse), ~1 month

In the Brew

Roasted for espresso, immersion and traditional filter or batch — the all-round workhorse. A decidedly medium roast built to showcase body, mouthfeel and sweetness, never burnt or ashy.

Filter · V60

20gdose
310gwater
1:15.5ratio
96°Ctemp
On the finer sidegrind
~2:50time

Bloom 60g for 45 seconds. Slow pour 125g, finishing at 1:20. Allow for a full drawdown, then slowly pour another 125g, finishing at about 2:00.

Espresso

18gin
36gout
1:2.0ratio
93°Ctemp
~30 stime

In the Cup

Flavour compass Relative balance of acidity, sweetness, body and funk in this coffee ACIDITY BODY SWEETNESS FUNK

Taste in Colour

Expect

V60: The cup should be rich and chocolatey with a clear red fruit character and some spice on the finish.
Espresso: Chocolate and nutty, with a subtle acidity and spiced red fruit on the finish.

If it's not quite there

Brew around 96–97°C for body and sweetness; drop to 93°C to showcase lighter qualities.

Grind on the finer side and aim for about 3 minutes total.

Freshly ground coffee will always optimize flavour.



From farm to cup

LULO pays the Liz-Andela family US$12/kg for this coffee. They buy from their neighbours at a minimum of 10% above market rate.

Hands

Nasa Indigenous families of the Resguardo de Togoimagrew
Each family, on their own farmprocessed
LULOimported, roasted