This coffee was grown by Jairo at his farm Santa Monica. The cherries from these Caturra trees were hand-picked at optimum ripeness, then transported on the same day to "La Pradera" [a mill owned by Jairo's son Carlos] for processing. The coffee cherries were floated and hand-sorted to remove defects, dry fermented for 45 hours & then dried on raised "African" beds in temperature-controlled conditions until the moisture was reduced to around 11%.
region Quindio
farm/farmer Santa Monica
altitude 1400-1500 meters
crop 2026
cultivar Castillo
process Natural Decaf
This lot is 100% Castillo developed by CENICAFE [the Colombian coffee research facility] & released in 2005. It was bred from Caturra & Hybrido de Timor. It is highly resistant to disease & is now the most planted cultivar in Colombia.
Sorting coffee cherries.
Jairo Arcila on the farm.
Coffee drying at La Pradera.
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