Jairo Arcila - strawberry castillo

This coffee is sunshine in a cup! As soon as you grind this coffee the wonderful aroma of plump, ripe strawberries fills the room!
 
Origin: Colombia, Quindio, Armenia
Farm: Santa Monica
Altitude: 1500 masl
Farmer: Jairo Arcila
Variety: castillo
Process: co-fermented, honey
Notes: strawberry, cantaloupe melon, lime, brown sugar, pineapple, guava and rose hip.
Brewing: This coffee works very well brewed as filter coffee. For a real strawberry fruit-bomb brew it using immersion brewers like the aeropress or pulsar brewer and for a brighter cup with more pronounced acidity, I'd recommend using a conical brewer like the orea v4 narrow or the good 'ol v60. At the cafe we also serve this with milk and it tastes like strawberry cheesecake!
 
This castillo was grown by Jairo Arcila on the Santa Monica farm, Colombia. The cherries were exposed to a dry anaerobic fermentation phase of 72 hours. During this fermentation phase strawberries and wine yeast were added. The cherries were then pulped and placed together with ripe strawberries to dry on raised beds until the ideal moisture content was reached.
 
The result is a beautiful example of what co-fermented coffees done well can taste like. The strawberry notes marry well with the quality of the varietal and result in a balanced cup. For those of you who have been customers for a while, you may remember the strawberry pink bourbon variety we had from Jairo Arcila when we launched. This castillo is similar but more refined and floral in our opinion. I tasted strawberry, cantaloupe melon, lime, brown sugar, pineapple, guava and rose hip.
 
6oz/170g bags