Caldas Serenity Now: A Sweet Chinchiná Cup, Made With CBD
Begin with the place. Chinchiná sits in the heart of Caldas, in the central range of Colombia's coffee country, where the slopes are green and the harvest follows a rhythm the region has kept for generations. Our Caldas Serenity Now is a single-origin coffee grown there, on the Santa Cruz de la Palma farm and by a group of local growers, and it carries the aromatic signature that the area is known for.
In the cup, that signature is the whole story. The aroma arrives first, warm and inviting. The coffee itself is clean and sweet, with subtle herbal undertones that give it depth, and the flavor lingers between sips. It reads as balanced and approachable rather than austere, the kind of coffee that fills a room while it brews.
What sets this coffee apart is the ingredient list. This one is made with CBD, folded into the coffee as one component of the recipe. We mention it plainly because it is part of what this coffee is, the same way we would tell you the region or the roast. It is a flavor and format choice that distinguishes this coffee from the rest of our lineup, and nothing more than that.
The coffee underneath remains true to how all our coffees are sourced. The beans come through our roasting partner, who works across many smallholder farms in Colombia. This one is a washed coffee, traditionally cultivated and non-GMO, and it scores 84 to 84.5 on the Specialty Coffee Association scale. That is the foundation here, the same care and the same standard we hold across every Kukuwu cup, applied to a coffee with one ingredient the others do not share.
To serve it, keep the method simple so the flavor comes through. Both a drip machine and a French press work well. For the press, use 18 grams of coarsely ground coffee and 240 milliliters of water just short of boiling, about 96 degrees Celsius (205 degrees Fahrenheit). Pour the first 50 milliliters, let it bloom for 30 seconds, stir, add the rest, and press after four minutes. Take the first cup black. That clean, quietly herbal cup is what you are here for, and it shows most clearly on its own.
Caldas Serenity Now is for the reader who likes a coffee with a point of difference, something to reach for when the everyday cup feels too familiar. Pour it in the afternoon, or whenever you want a sweet, aromatic Caldas coffee that stands a little apart from the rest of the shelf.