Colombia Jhon Rodriguez Advanced Washed

Tasting Notes: Green Apple Candy, Pineapple Soda

Origin: Colombia

Region: Vereda La Esperanza, Acevedo – Huila, Colombia

Farm: Jhon Rodriguez, Finca Río Negro

Process: Advanced Washed

Variety: Papayo

Elevation: 1600-1750 masl

Importer: Know Where Coffee

This coffee is wild - a straight up fruit candy blast. You don't even have to search for it, it's just there. It comes by its intensely fruited demeanor thanks to the care and attention of Jhon Rodriguez, proprietor of Finca Río Negro, whose dedication to the mastery of advanced post-harvest processing methods has allowed him to produce some of the most unique coffees around.

Jhon comes from a long line of coffee growers. The farm was purchased by his grandparents in the '60s when they moved from Colombia's coffee axis to Huila. The farm was passed down to his father and then him. The farm's focus is now on growing specialty varieties and exploring methods beyond traditional post-harvest processing.

This coffee is a washed process that was co-fermented with tropical fruits and carefully selected yeasts to enhance complexity and flavor. First, coffee cherries of the Papayo variety were harvested, washed, and depulped mechanically. They were then transferred to tanks, innoculated with Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, a yeast isolated specifically from coffee, and fermented anaerobically until a pH of 3.4 is reached. After that the coffee was dryed on raised beds under the sun before being hulled for export to us!

We are excited to share this coffee with you and hope it blows your mind and excites your taste buds as much as it does ours.