Sudan Rume
Natural
Finca Las Margaritas, Cafe Granja La Esperanza

Tastes Like: Cherry, Bergamot Flowers, Papaya

Origin: Finca Las Margaritas, Cauca, Colombia

Variety: Sudan Rume

Producer: Rigoberto and Luis Eduardo Herrera

Elevation: 1570-1850 masl

Process:  Natural

About Finca Las Margaritas, Cafe Granja La Esperanza

Finca Las Margaritas is part of Café Granja La Esperanza, the Herrera family’s specialty coffee project led by Rigoberto and Luis Eduardo Herrera. The group’s history begins at Potosí, where Juan Antonio Herrera expanded the farm’s plantings beyond Typica to include Yellow Bourbon, Red Bourbon, and Caturra, laying the groundwork for the family’s long-running focus on variety selection and quality-driven production.

Today, Café Granja La Esperanza manages a group of farms across distinct Colombian mountain microclimates, with Las Margaritas recognized for rare and high-end varieties. The farm’s elevation range of 1570–1850 masl provides the altitude needed for structure and aromatic development, while the Herrera family’s work with varieties like Sudan Rume reflects their ongoing focus on distinctive cup profiles.

Variety

Sudan Rume is a rare Arabica variety associated with the Rume / Boma Plateau area of present-day South Sudan. In specialty coffee, it is often valued for aromatic intensity, florality, layered fruit expression, and distinctive structure, though these traits depend heavily on site, farming, and processing. In this lot, Sudan Rume’s floral tendency aligns with the bergamot-flower note, while the natural process supports the cherry and papaya-like fruit expression.

Processing

Natural processing dries the coffee with the cherry surrounding the seed. Contact with the fruit during fermentation and drying can contribute to fruit expression and body; careful moisture management remains important.