Location: Santa Mónica, Armenia, Quindio
Landed: October 2024
Altitude: 1,450 - 1,500 masl
Varietal: Castillo
Process: 72hr blackberry co-ferment, honey
Flavour profile: Blackberry, cherry cola & fizz
Category: Limited & Experimental
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This is our fifth year in a row working with the superstar producer that is Jairo Arcila. Mandarin, peach, passionfruit, strawberry, lychee and now we are very excited to bring in this blackberry lot!
These co-ferment coffees are divisive, we would highly recommend you try some and make your own mind up.
Jairo Arcila is 63 year old engineer who, after working for a few years as an engineer, was offered a role by the same company to manage a dry mill in Pereira, Risaralda. Jairo has been working for the last 40 years for RACAFE, the second largest exporter of coffee in Colombia. At RACAFE, Jairo worked as a mill manager for 30 years and for the last 10 years he has been managing the lower grades business.
Jairo started growing coffee 35 years ago when his father got very sick and could not manage his farm anymore. After a few years Jairo managed to purchase his own land and continues growing coffee until today.
This coffee was grown by Jairo Arcila at the farm Villarazo. This coffee was exposed to a dry anaerobic fermentation period of 72 hours with the pulp on, during this fermentation stage blackberry was added. The cherries were then pulped and placed to dry on raised beds until the ideal moisture content was achieved. This microlot is 100% Castillo.
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