This exceptional process of a common variety, Castillo, is the perfect illustration of "terroir" as the taste of the producer's hands. This experimental Carbonic Maceration Washed of a 35-year-old Castillo lot, displays notes of Vanilla, Strawberry Mermelade, and Bright Mandarine Orange. This coffee is one of Felipe's staple designs, which consists of letting the cherry ferment for 72 hours. At this stage, cherries produce a juice that is later used in the process. Then, the coffee is depulped and submerged in the cherry juice. Thus, allowing yeast to grow and interact with the coffee parchment. Both processes take place in an oxygen restricted environment, or "Anaerobic Fermentation". Definitely one of the most consistent and fun coffees in La Ventolera's roster.
$
7.5
/ lb - Green
Contact for DetailsFelipe Trujillo has been with us from the beginning, co creating UVI and serving as a Mentor himself, he ensures our Mentees learn and improve their craft. A lifelong learner, his curiosity has made him a pioneer in the Specialty Coffee market, but his dedication has turned him into a true innovator. After a successful career as a CEO at an office supply company, he chose a career-path-change and decided to help his father manage the traditional coffee farm they had inherited from his grandfather. Led by passion, from day one, he began drawing inspiration from the wine industry, where he became a disciplined student of fermentation processes. Today, his farm, La Ventolera, has become a regional institution for specialty coffee. There he preaches his passion for coffee designing and teaches young farmers the art and science of coffee processing, a path that joined Unblended and Ventola under the mission of making coffee farming exciting.
Name of the farm:
La Ventolera
Location:
Santa Barbara, Antioquia, Colombia
Altitude:
2000 masl
variety:
Castillo
Processes:
Experimental Semi Washed
