Single origin

Arabica

1550–1700 masl

Finca El Mirador

Elkin Guzman

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Mad Heads for DIU collaboration. Buying this coffee makes a direct contribution to the "Timur Special Unit" of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine. About the farmer and farm Elkin Guzman grows coffee on his 31-hectare farm, Finca El Mirador. Thanks to sufficient altitude and fertile soils, the Huila region is exceptionally well suited to growing high-quality coffee. This lot uses the Catiope variety, an arabica cultivar resulting from a cross between Caturra and a local Ethiopian variety. Catiope trees are fairly low-growing, allowing dense planting, and the cherries ripen evenly with a sugar level of 20–22° Brix. Processing: anaerobic natural 36 hours, then 80 hours in a cold room The cherries are hand-picked and sorted. They're treated with a citric acid solution for disinfection. The coffee is oxygenated in plastic bags for 36 hours, then moves to baskets in a 10°C cold room for another 80 hours of fermentation. Afterward, it's dried for about 35 days, with turning every 3 hours.