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: yeast fermentation, 30 days in sealed underground barrels For this lot, Elkin drew inspiration from ancient food storage and fermentation methods. Only the ripest cherries are hand-picked, then sorted and treated with a citric acid solution. The coffee is placed in barrels and oxygenated for 44 hours, then buried in prepared underground niches for 30 days, which keeps out light and holds a stable storage temperature. After fermentation, it's dried with turning every 3 hours, taking about 25 days in total.