Colombia, Finca La Julia - Anaerobic & Aerobic Geisha

Origin: Colombia, Valle del Cauca

Farm: Finca La Julia

Process: Anaerobic & Aerobic Natural 

Variety: Geisha 

Elevation: 1950m

Cup Score: 92.00

Taste notes: Blueberries, red florals, creamy

Extra information:

JULIA is at 1450-1700 masl, in an area that has been stroke by violence in Colombia. Trujillo, Valle del Cauca.  There have been years in which we just can’t visit the farm for security reasons.  But we love JULIA, and our parents loved our farm.  We believe in the magic of our coffee and in the potential of Colombia’s rural areas for production.  When you visit our farm or drink our coffee, we want you to know that you are drinking a cup made with effort, love, and commitment to the sustainability of our planet.

Once the pickers arrive to our site with the ripest cherries from the lot, we start the floating process. In this step, we rapidly put the cherries in a tank with water to take out the non-dense coffee cherries and coffee tree leafs that start floating. 

 
After floating, the process continues by hand sorting beans in raised beds before the fermentation process. In hand sorting, we separate the unripe/partial unripe cherries and also the overripe cherries.   
 
Once we have the perfect cherries, we start the anaerobic fermentation process by putting the coffee in plastic tanks with no air or oxygen for 24-36hrs, then we open the tanks for Aerobic fermentation process with minimum amount of cold fresh water for another 36-48 hours.  
 
In this Natural process, we put the fermented coffee to drain on raised beds for 2-3 days, then on the mechanical drier for 12-18hr to do a quick dehydration (38-42°C) (the drier is turn on about 12hr per day), then we take the coffees to the sun Drying Station, controlling airflow and shadow in order to monitor a temperature below 45°C. The drying time takes between 20 to 25 days. 
 
After the coffee is dried, we put it in GrainPro bags for 30-60 days for stabilization purposes. We then move forward with milling, electronic sorting and hand sorting for packaging.