Price $6.10 per pound
Bag Weight 153.67 lbs
Position Spot
Bags 15
Warehouses Oakland
Flavor Profile Papaya, cherry, kumquat, sweet onion, salted caramel, chocolate
Producers organized around Mastercol
1500-1800 masl
Pacamara
Clay minerals
La Argentina, Huila, Colombia
Fully washed, 64 hour fermentation and dried inside solar dryers that provide protection from the rain
June - August | October – December
Conventional
Ever stop to think about all the variables that factor into creating a distinct, complex, clean and consistent regional blend? Here is one you will want to dissect, with one part terroir (from the coveted department of Huila), one part variety (Pacamara), one part processing innovation (prolonged fermentation), and one part small farm collaboration (the backbone of Colombian production). This traceable community blend with a vibrant regional profile and unique processing character was produced from the efforts producers committed to following a specific processing protocol and the Pacamara variety. Using their own micro-mill, each producer carefully harvested the Pacamara cherries, depulped and then fermented for up to 64 hours in sealed tanks to draw-out a pronounced fruit forward profile. After this prolonged process of fermenting, the coffee was washed and then gently dried on raised beds. The harmony between these producers in post-harvest practices was impressively precise to achieve such a clean and consistent blend. An export company called Mastercol provides crucial cupping evaluations to ensure the resulting harmony and character, as well as, logistical support for things like warehousing and milling the coffee before export to the international market, which means better income reaches producers so they can reinvest in their farms and strengthen their families’ livelihoods.