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Basic knowledge and flavor description of Colombian coffee
Hernando Chantre, the landowner, has been a curry farmer all his life, but never thought of producing excellent coffee in the past. On the one hand, the farm is too small, but only less than three hectares, and the boutique coffee market seems to be too small, which makes him decide that it is not profitable to sell high-quality coffee, and has always sold shell beans directly to local co-operatives.
But his "Lucky Farm" (La Fortuna) is actually capable of producing the best beans, located in Vera, Colombia, at an altitude of more than 1950 meters, and has a unique coffee growing environment. He and neighboring farmers decided to change their past practice, form an Aprocoagrosh team with a small number of comrades, adopt different fermentation experiments and treatments, and handle and dry coffee by themselves. No longer only sell wet-belt shell beans without peel and pulp, but the result has greatly improved the quality of coffee. The team sought the assistance of the Eastern Cauca Coffee Farmers Association (ASORCAFE) and reached an agreement with export companies to obtain more technical support, and the profits returned to farmers.
The method of lucky fermentation is quite different from that in other places. Because the farm is too small, the batch harvested one day cannot be made into a complete batch. After peeling, the fresh fruit harvested the next day will be added to the coffee that has been fermented 24 hours before. Continue to ferment for another 24 hours. This mixed batch fermentation method is quite common in Vera, but the final flavor is quite special. The addition of fresh fruit the next day helps to increase the PH value, so that the index is not too low and produces too much acetic acid.
Bean seed is a Colombian variety and Kaddura, and Colonna chose this coffee as a unique Discovery series.
Vera Lucky Farm washing in Colombia
Colombia Huila La Fortuna Washed
Country of production: Colombia, Colombia
Producing area: La Plata Vera
Farm: lucky Farm La Fortuna
Farmer: Hernando Chantre
Altitude: 1950 m
Bean seed: Colombia Colombia; Kaddura Caturra
Treatment: after 48 hours of fermentation, it was placed in the greenhouse to cover the sunbed.
Harvest time: 2017
The Discovery series is the most innovative series of Colonna Coffee, looking for special estates, micro-batches, special beans, and even experimental treatments. This bean comes from Lucky Farm in Colombia. although it covers an area of only three hectares, it has a unique coffee growing environment. The owner Hernando Chantre made full use of this advantage to produce this unique coffee by two-day mixed fermentation.'
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