Colombia Decaf Natural Cherry Co-Fermented Arabica Coffee Beans

🌿 Colombia Decaf EL Renacer Natural Cherry Co-Fermented | Decaf | Unroasted 🌿 Region: Caldas, Colombia Farm: El Renacer Altitude: 1650 Masl Process: Fermented, Co-Fermented with Freeze-dried Cherries, Dried on African Beds, Milled, Ethyl Acetate (EA) Decaf Processed ✨ Cup Profile ✨ 🍬 Candy | 🍒 Cherry | 🍓 Red Fruits | 🍓 Fruit Jam | 🍯 Lingering Sweetness Packing: 20kg (FULL BAG) El Renacer is located in Chinchina, in the region of Caldas in Colombia. The farm has planted several varieties like Bourbon, Pink Bourbon, SL28, and Typica with the aim of expressing their profiles with a touch of microbiology given by the natural fruits we can encounter on the farm and in the region. Colombia Decaf Cherry For this lot of coffee, the process begins with creating the fermentation culture that will be used. First, a portion of a mother culture, containing microorganisms like Lactobacillus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is separated and fed freeze-dried cherries and sweetener like panela. The cherries contribute flavour to the culture, while the sweetener not only is a source of food to keep the microorganisms in the culture alive, but also acts as a sweetener to energise the fermentation and bring the culture's sugar content to a higher level. The coffee cherries are picked and stored in bags for an initial 24 hours. The fermentation process is mainly done to prevent the coffee beans from being damaged when they go through eventual pulping. However, it is also known to create more fruity character in the coffee as well. Next, they are placed into fermentation tanks, together with the fermentation culture that consists of freeze-dried cherries. The coffee is left to ferment for approximately 4 days. After the co-fermentation process, the coffee is then taken to dry on raised African beds, without washing, for a drying duration of about 10 to 12 days. Last but not least, it is milled and sent to the decaffeination plant for the final stage of EA (also known as Sugarcane) decaf.