Part of an initiative to support Colombian coffee producers through a difficult period. Carlos Escobar will donate part of the proceeds to support the redevelopment of his home region in Colombia.
CHIROSO EXPERIMENTAL NATURAL – JHOAN VERGARA
Chiroso Experimental Natural is another coffee from Finca Las Flores in Acevedo, Huila, Colombia, where producer Jhoan Vergara grows the Chiroso variety. It has a special history for Differente Coffee: this was one of the first microlots Carlos ever offered, and it quickly became a customer favorite. After more than two years away, Differente is bringing it back to celebrate Carlos’s participation in this year’s Colombian Brewers Cup.
Lot details
- Farm: Las Flores
- Region: Acevedo, Huila, Colombia
- Producer: Jhoan Vergara
- Variety: Chiroso
- Process: Experimental Natural
- Roaster: Differente Coffee
Process. In a natural process, the whole coffee cherry is dried with the fruit still intact around the seed, so the fruit stays in contact with the seed for the full drying period. Differente labels this lot “Experimental Natural,” which means the fermentation or drying stage departs from a standard natural protocol. This approach lets Jhoan explore a particularly expressive interpretation of Chiroso, making it a coffee for people who enjoy unusual, intense, and adventurous experiences.
In the cup. Differente deliberately doesn’t provide specific tasting notes for its coffees.
Carlos strongly believes coffee is a subjective experience. Everyone perceives flavors differently depending on their memories, culture, experiences, and personal preferences.
Differente doesn’t want to tell people what they should taste before taking their first sip. Instead, Carlos wants them to explore and discover their own interpretation of each coffee.
That’s why Differente focuses on describing the experience, intensity, character, and feeling behind each coffee rather than providing a list of flavors.
Their selection focuses on coffees that are far from ordinary. Carlos works with some of Colombia’s most innovative producers to showcase expressions of Colombian coffee that go well beyond what people traditionally expect.
About the Roaster – Carlos Escobar, Differente Coffee
Carlos Escobar is the son of a Colombian coffee farmer. He returned to coffee after 12 years in Australia, where he won the 2020 Australian Brewers Cup. He placed third at the 2025 World Brewers Cup in Jakarta, representing Colombia with Differente Coffee. On October 18, 2026, he won the Colombian Brewers Cup (Campeonato Colombiano de Cafés Filtrados) in Bogotá. This is his second Colombian national title, and it qualifies him to represent Colombia at the World Brewers Cup again. He founded Differente in Colombia to roast the country’s top lots where they are grown, instead of exporting them as green coffee.
Each coffee Carlos selects is roasted in Colombia, close to the farm that produced it.
