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! 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 rose hip, fig, a brown sugar sweetness. 
 
Municipality       
Quindío
Altitude
1450-1500
Cultivar
Castillo
Location
Armenia, Quindio
Temperature
18-28 °C 
Annual rainfall
1800-2000 mm
 
 
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 serve is with milk and it tastes like strawberry cheesecake! 
 
6oz/170g bags