Carlos Escobar — National Filter Coffee Champion of Colombia (2024 & 2026) and third in the world at the 2025 World Brewers Cup in Jakarta, Colombia's first-ever world filter final — roasts in Manizales the very coffees he competes with. These are those coffees, and you can brew them at home.
2024. Carlos wins Colombia's National Filter Coffee Championship with a sidra. 2025. He reaches the World Brewers Cup final in Jakarta and places third in the world — the first time Colombia ever made that final. 2026. He wins the Nationals again — two-time champion — with the Varietal Selestra coffee. The 2027 World Championship is hosted in Colombia, and his ticket is already booked.
It's not a figure of speech: these are the coffees, from these producers, roasted in this house. 250 g bag, with farm and grower in plain sight.
Carlos Escobar, founder and roaster of Dif≠erente, in Manizales. National Filter Coffee Champion of Colombia in 2024 and 2026, and third in the world at the 2025 World Brewers Cup in Jakarta — the first time Colombia reached that final.
A sidra. The SIDRA HydroHoney by Jhoan Vergara is the coffee behind the 2024 national title: a sidra processed with precision fermentation, almost exclusive to the house and its best-seller.
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The world championship of filter coffee (pour-over methods like the V60). In 2025, in Jakarta, Carlos Escobar placed third in the world: Colombia's first filter final.