I’m going to make a wild guess, you currently live near sea level, and were at altitude in Columbia.
(nully testing a theory)
i was in college in Pittsburgh at the time, and currently live in DC, don’t know the various altitudes, but let me know what you figure out!i have never tasted coffee in the US as good as i had when i lived in Colombia, no matter where i bought it or what i paid for it. The coffee farms we visited were in various parts of Colombia. The stuff they sold in the grocery stores in vacuum packed blocks was superb, that’s what i brought back.