Colombia Cauca Timbio Santa Barbara Area 18 Oxidacion Pink Bourbon - 39105 - 71.7 kg GrainPro Bags - SPOT RCWHSE

Sourcing Detail

BanExport has the touch for post-harvest strategies and cupping expertise that has brought many talented producers into the specialty coffee fold.

This particular lot is extra special because it comes from Finca Santa Barbara, an ecotourism destination with 35 acres dedicated to coffee cultivation located in the municipality of Timbio, Cauca. The focus at the farm is to show visitors that coffee stands as a central element that links nature, sustainability, and community. Processing Detail Focusing on ecotourism and being a public facing model for sustainable farm management does not leave much time for post-harvest activities.

After the cherries are meticulously picked at their optimum point of ripeness, they are transported in plastic crates on a refrigerated truck to the BanExport processing mill called Area 18.

At the carbon neutral mill, the coffee cherries are floated to sort out damaged and underripe fruit.

The coffee cherries are also sorted with an electronic sorter that provides uniformity in color, shape and size.

Next the coffee is depulped and placed in a sealed

bioreactor to control for temperature and levels of oxygen during the 48 hour fermentation process. Then the coffee parchment is washed and taken to a drying chamber with state-of-the-art environmental controls where the moisture is reduced to 11 percent over a period of 48 hours of continuous drying. Exporting Details BanExport also has decades of experience preparing coffee for export. Their fully integrated process maintains the same detailed approach from harvest to export ensuring every lot has a consistent quality and traceability.