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We don't carry Colombia Finca El Mesón (Espresso). These are the closest coffees in our shop.

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Feliciana Coffee

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Colombia · Washed · Medium
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Both from Huila, Colombia · Both Pink Bourbon · Both washed
Different
$0.69/oz less
$26.0012 oz

Shipping $10.00

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Good Brothers Coffee

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Colombia · Washed · Medium-Light
Reviewed on YouTube
In common
Both from Huila, Colombia · Both washed · Both list berry notes
Different
$0.52/oz more
$14.494 oz · 3 more sizes

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The Roastery

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Colombia · Washed · Medium-Dark
In common
Both from Huila, Colombia · Both washed · Both list berry notes
Different
$1.44/oz less
$16.9512 oz · 1 more size

Shipping $6.90

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Colombia Finca El Mesón – Espresso, Five Elephant
Five Elephant, Berlin, Berlin

Colombia Finca El Mesón – Espresso

Pink Bourbon

Mainly fruit, some floral

In stock at Five Elephant. We don't carry it yet.

EUR 22.43250g bag
At Five Elephant

About Colombia Finca El Mesón (Espresso)

How is it rated?

60Cherrybook Index, from 2 independent sources.

  • YouTube reviewers, on the roaster85
  • What the roaster discloses80
  • Reddit, on the roaster40
  • +2Roaster featured by Sprudge

With this little evidence the score is pulled toward a neutral 50; more signals will move it.

Whether we sell a coffee never changes its score. How the Index works

What will it taste like?

Mainly fruit, some floral.

  • Fruit50%
  • Floral50%

The roaster’s notes: blood orange, green tea, blueberry.

See these notes on the flavor wheel

Mapped from the roaster’s tasting notes to the SCA flavor wheel: our reading of their notes, not the roaster’s own categories.

How does the price compare?

$2.85an ounce. Similar coffees run $2.06 to $3.29.

What moves the price

  • Rare variety+12%
  • Washed process−4%
  • Roaster brand and sourcing+5%
  • Colombia origin+4%

A statistical model, refit weekly across the in-stock catalog, estimates what coffees with these listed traits sell for per ounce.

Back of the bag

What Five Elephant publishes about this coffee.

Origin
Huila, CO
Farm or co-op
Finca El Mesón
Process
Washed
Altitude
1650 to 1700 m
Bag
250g
Suggested brew
espresso

The variety and the origin

About Five Elephant

The roaster’s page

Press · Sprudge

Meet the roaster on camera

5 videos

About the roasterBrand film

How To Grow a Specialty Coffee Business: A Story of Five Elephant in Berlin

European Coffee Trip · 130.8K views on YouTube

Watch on YouTube

This video covers Five Elephant; it is general roaster coverage.

Cherrybook summary of the video

This video documents the growth of Berlin-based roaster Five Elephant, from its origins as a single cafe to a multi-location roastery and cafe business. It highlights their commitment to quality control, their use of Cropster for data-driven roasting, and their philosophy of direct engagement with customers.

Inside this video

From European Coffee Trip:

“I think that this freedom in the very beginning allowed us to have the room to grow to make it successful and also personally motivate us to want to keep moving forward.”
“We were working directly roasting and serving directly to our customers. It was the greatest feedback we could get.”

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Across the coverage of Five Elephant

Outside coverage highlights Five Elephant as a foundational pillar of the Berlin specialty coffee scene, growing from a single cafe into a respected multi-location roastery. Reviewers and features emphasize their data-driven approach to roasting utilizing software like Cropster combined with rigorous quality control. Observers also note their inviting cafe spaces, such as the bright and open Mitte location, which provide a welcoming environment for direct customer engagement.

pioneering Berlin specialty roaster · data-driven roasting with Cropster · strong commitment to quality control · bright and open cafe spaces · direct customer feedback loop

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Red Bay Coffee

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Colombia · Washed · Medium
4.9 from 403 buyers
Orange, Nectarine, Chocolate
$19.8810 oz

Shipping $6.00Free shipping over $50

  • Fruit
  • Citrus
  • Floral
  • Cocoa and nut
  • Sugar and spice

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