COLOMBIA POPAYAN HONEY

This community blend is traceable to 4 producers with small farms in the municipality of Popayán within the department of Cauca. Each producer carefully harvests cherries and delivers them to a centrally located mill where Banexport (a Colombian export company) takes on the task of post harvest processing. The centralized processing allows for a greater investment in infrastructure and consistent processing.

Banexport uses technology to sort cherries based on pH, Brix, and acidity testing before depulping the cherries. Next the coffee is fermented in sealed bioreactors where the microbial environment can be controlled.  Once fermentation has been completed, the coffee drying process is started, skipping the washing stage to conserve water. Drying is done in a controlled environment where temperature is kept in a range of 30 to 35 degrees and compressed air with a low relative humidity is circulated through the solar dryers to achieve slow and uniform drying. When coffee reaches 10.5% moisture, it is stored in GrainPro bags until the time for export preparation.

This coffee tastes like biting into a peach and almond pastry. The fermentation in the bioreactor and the low humidity drying of this coffee help draw out the natural sweetness in this coffee, resulting in a comforting and balanced cup.