Arrived September 8th, 2021.
Forward has purchased 5 x 35kg bags of Jairo Arcila Natural EF2 Pink Bourbon.
One (1) bag of this lot has been booked by French Press Coffee Roasters in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia
One (1) bag of this lot has been booked by Structure Coffee Roasters in Montreal, Quebec.
Two (2) bags of this lot have been booked by Epoch Chemistry in Moncton, New Brunswick
Jairo Arcila is a third-generation coffee producer from Quindío, Colombia. He is the father of Felipe and Carlos Arcila, the owners of Cofinet. As well as familiar farms such as Jardines del Eden.
He purchased his first coffee farm, Finca La Esmeralda in 1987, where he planted his first Caturra lot. He was fortunate enough to earn money by producing coffee, while also working full time for one of Colombia's largest coffee exporters. Using his savings Jairo slowly managed to purchase five additional farms. First Villarazo, then Mazatlan, Santa Monica, Maracay, Castellon and Buenos Aires. You can find more wonderful offerings of Jairo's coffee featured here.
This lot is from a farm called Villarazo, located near Armenia, Quindio, where Jairo grows Red Bourbon, Pink Bourbon, and Tabi.
This lot was carefully hand-picked and hand-sorted. The whole cherries were then exposed to a dry aerobic fermentation in ceramic tanks for 24 hours, then placed inside GrainPro bags and fermented again for 48 hours inside a water tank that held a consistent temperature of 22C. Following these sophisticated fermentations, this coffee was dried for 14 days in raised beds.
Variety: Pink BourbonPrice per kilogram: 14.85 USD FOB
Process: Natural EF2
Total kilos purchased: 175kg (5 x 35kg bags)
Harvest date: December 2020
Fermentation: Two stages of fermentation: first, aerobic 24 hours in ceramic tanks, and second, anaerobic 48 hours in sealed GrainPro bags and temperature controlled
Drying time: 12 days in raised beds
Drying temperature: 28°C Max. - 19°C Min.
Altitude: 1450 - 1550masl
Region: Armenia, Quindio