Region: Armenia, Quindio
Farm : Santa Monica,
Farmer: Jairo Arcila
Altitude: 1800 – 2000 m.a.s.l
Varieties: Gesha
Process: Extended Dry Anaerobic Natural
Drying: Temperature controlled raised beds
Cupping notes: Red Current, Dried Mango, Black Tea Clove
Cupping score: 90
This coffee was grown by Felipe Arcila at the farm Santa Monica Jairo Arcila is a third-generation coffee grower from Quindio, Colombia. He is married to Luz Helena Salazar and they have two children together, Carlos and Felipe Arcila, who are the co-founders of Cofinet. Jairo’s first job was at Colombia’s second-largest exporter, working as their Mill Manager for over 40 years until his retirement in 2019.
This coffee was exposed to a dry aerobic fermentation of 24 hours before being placed inside Grainpro bags for 50 hours at a temperature below22oC. Then the whole cherries were placed on raised beds until 11% moisture content was achieved.
This microlot is 100% Gesha.
This varietal was first discovered in Abyssinia, Ethiopia in 1931. Gesha was planted in Panama for the first time in 1963 and in Colombia in 2005.