This is a delicious, juicy & syrupy natural from Jairo. It has flavours of cherry, papaya & jaffa's.... There is a little funk as you grind but not enough to earn a "funk" sticker.
Roasted 18 NOV 2025
About the farmer(s)
Jairo Arcila - Caturra [natural]
— Colombia
This coffee was grown by Jairo at his farm Santa Monica. The cherries from these Caturra shrubs 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 & 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 1450-1500 Meters
crop 2025
cultivar Caturra
process Natural
This lot is 100% Caturra, a mutation of Bourbon discovered in Brasil in 1937. The plant is a dwarf so it can be planted close together resulting in more production per hectare. Caturra has good flavour characteristics but is susceptible to disease.
Jairo Arcila on the farm.
Coffee drying at La Pradera.
Jairo enjoying a coffee.
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