Mayfly Upland Colombia Medium-Dark Roast Coffee

Upland Colombia Medium-Dark Roast Coffee: profile and selection

Upland Colombia connects Mayfly’s medium-dark roast style with young producers in Antioquia. The current supplier record names the Andes and Sonsón areas, with farms at 1,800–2,000 meters. Apple, cherry and sweetness appear in the structured tasting profile, making the regional and producer information useful companions to the bag’s illustrated landscape.

This page preserves the roaster’s documented origin, process, roast, tasting, format and story details without filling gaps with assumptions. The factual profile below is the scope of the current product record.

Current selections include 12 oz, 2 lb and 5 lb. Confirm the exact size, grind, caffeine choice and flavor when applicable before ordering.

Coffee profile

Brew for Medium-dark coffee

For filter brewing, start with 24 grams of coffee and 384 grams of filtered water, a 1:16 ratio. Use water around 194–200°F and a medium grind for whole beans. Dark roast development often increases solubility, so more heat or contact is not automatically better.

If the cup is smoky, bitter or drying, grind coarser or test slightly cooler water. If it is clean but too weak, change beverage strength with a modestly tighter ratio. Separate strength from extraction rather than treating every dark cup as a signal to add coffee.

For immersion, use a medium-coarse grind, steep about four minutes and decant fully. Paper filtration offers greater clarity, while metal filtration retains more texture and body.

Use a scale for dose and water. Beverage yield, drawdown and total contact time are diagnostic measurements rather than goals by themselves. Evaluate body, acidity, clarity and finish together, then make the smallest useful adjustment.

Whole-bean customers can use a consistent grinder such as the Turin DF54 grinder for controlled adjustments. Prepared grounds work best when the supplied texture matches the brewer.

How to choose and evaluate this coffee

Prepare a filter sample with 19 g coffee and 310 g water. Taste after a brief cooling period, looking for the relationship between fruit-like brightness and the fuller roast impression. Do not add a fruit syrup to reproduce a tasting note; these terms describe the coffee’s sensory profile.

Use filtered water that tastes clean on its own. Water chemistry affects perceived acidity, sweetness and extraction, so keep the same water source while dialing in before deciding that a coffee or flavor profile is unsuitable.

Taste the finished beverage in the cup and serving style you actually use. A profile that seems delicate black may work differently with milk, while a roast-forward coffee may become more balanced after modest dilution.

Freshness, storage and repeatability

Prepared grinds offer convenience when the grind matches the intended method. Whole beans provide greater control over particle size and let the recipe respond to a different dripper, basket or batch volume.

A larger bag is economical only when the coffee will be used at a sensible pace. Divide bulk coffee into smaller airtight portions, keep one active, and protect the rest from heat, moisture, sunlight and strong aromas.

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Frequently asked questions

Ordering and shipping

This coffee ships directly from the roaster partner. Roasted coffee does not qualify for free shipping; shipping charges are set by the partner. Coffee orders are not eligible for returns or cancellations, so review the exact variant in the cart before checkout.

When the shipment arrives, retain the roaster label and record the selected format with the first brew. That detail makes recipe adjustments and reordering more reliable than relying on the product name alone.