“Supremo” and “Excelso” are bean-size descriptors for exportable coffee from Colombia, not related to variety or cupping profile.
Supremo preparation means the coffee beans are sized on screen 17; Excelso preparation are beans smaller than Supremo.
Exceslo is different according to the destination where it is exported. There are four different types of Excelso coffee:
- Type “Klauss”: screen 16.5 for Germany
- “Europa”: screen 15 for France, Spain, and Italy. Tolerance: 2.5% of beans between screens 12 and 15
- “Scandinavia”: Screen 14
- “U.S.A.”: screen 14 for the United States.Tolerance of 1.5% of beans between screens 12 and 14
Our goal is always offer Excelso coffee on the range of 80 to 85 points with excellent attributes.
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