COLOMBIA Cerro Azul - Premium Filter Coffee (125g)

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COLOMBIA Cerro Azul - Premium Filter Coffee

Our team has spent almost 3 decades cultivating relationships and scouring the globe to discover the rarest and most exceptional coffees on the planet.

Through this journey, we've found some fantastic coffee experiences and always wished we could share them with our customers.

Cafe Granja is well-versed in the cultivation of the Geisha plant, as they were among the first to introduce it to Colombia. Having previously owned a farm in Panama, where this particular varietal thrives, they understand the care and attention required to grow it successfully.

Their expertise is evident in the exceptional quality of their coffee, which showcases the full potential of the Geisha varietal in Colombia. The coffee boasts clean acidity, intense and distinct flavors, and an incredible aroma that sets it apart from others.

KEY FACTORS IN PRODUCTION

The coffee-picking process involves manual and rigorous selection. The pickers must be trained to recognize the precise ripeness of cherries to ensure optimal sugar levels for the desired process, whether natural, honey, or fully washed.

After the picking, the coffee cherries are left for 48 hours in stainless steel silos and then moved to solar drying for up to 28 days. The fermentation process is constantly supervised, and the coffee is stirred and tested to determine the ideal fermentation based on the desired cup profile.

Once the drying process is complete, the cherries are packed in GrainPro bags to protect them from temperature changes.

Quality control is a crucial part of the process, and every coffee lot is sampled and assessed for quality before being retrieved to the main warehouse. If necessary, the laboratory can make any adjustments to obtain the desired cup profile required by the client.

After ensuring quality, the coffee is placed in another warehouse and is ready to be dry milled, vacuum packed and exported according to the client's needs.

Nano-lots Coffee

These unique coffees are mostly produced from "nano-lots", which are small sections of a farm that are carefully cultivated to produce new varietals or experimental cup profiles and are among the most exclusive coffee beans in the world.  The farmers and agronomists responsible for these nano-lots meticulously monitor every aspect of the growing process, from seedling to harvest, to ensure that the resulting beans are of the highest quality and able to be replicated.

These small lots are often separated from the rest of the farm and processed using experimental techniques, such as prolonged & unconventional fermentation or unique drying methods, in order to enhance the flavor profile of the coffee.

As it can take sometimes 10 years to establish a new coffee variety on a farm for general production, there are times these gems are available for a small exclusive release as a production lot scales up.

Due to their exceptional quality and limited availability, coffees like these are highly sought-after by coffee enthusiasts and connoisseurs. These coffee experiences offer a unique opportunity to taste some of the rarest and most exceptional coffees in the world.

We've kept these coffees to ourselves in the past, using them for competitions, but with the Meridian project, we're excited to finally share these exquisite coffee experiences with those who truly appreciate and value exceptional coffee flavor profiles. Order now and find out about COLOMBIA Cerro Azul - Premium Filter Coffee today.