COLOMBIA, BAYRON ARCILA DOUBLE FERMENT
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$24.00
Bright, tropical, and built to last — pineapple up top, honeyed sweetness through the middle, ripe blueberry on the finish. Bayron Arcila Lopez calls this lot Baluarte: stronghold.
Bayron is a 31-year-old youth leader in Sonson, Antioquia, Colombia, helping the next generation of coffee farmers raise the bar on their own land. His farm El Vergel sits at the very top of the mountain — a 1.5-hectare plot surrounded by drying beds and a small coffee roaster, designed for experimentation. This Baluarte lot is an extended double-fermentation washed: cherries spend 12 hours in their first ferment, then another 168 in GrainPro bags, before being washed and dried for ten days on raised beds. The result is layered and unmistakably fruit-forward.
Origin: Colombia
Region: Sonson, Antioquia
Producer: Bayron Arcila Lopez — El Vergel farm (1.5 hectares)
Altitude: 1,880 meters
Variety: Colombia, Castillo
Process: Extended double fermentation (washed) — 12 hr + 168 hr, dried 10 days on raised beds
Tasting notes: Pineapple, honey, blueberry
Roast level: Light to medium
Recommended brew: Pour-over or drip
Whole bean or ground, roasted to order in Atlanta.
Weight
Grind
Regular price
$24.00
Bright, tropical, and built to last — pineapple up top, honeyed sweetness through the middle, ripe blueberry on the finish. Bayron Arcila Lopez calls this lot Baluarte: stronghold.
Bayron is a 31-year-old youth leader in Sonson, Antioquia, Colombia, helping the next generation of coffee farmers raise the bar on their own land. His farm El Vergel sits at the very top of the mountain — a 1.5-hectare plot surrounded by drying beds and a small coffee roaster, designed for experimentation. This Baluarte lot is an extended double-fermentation washed: cherries spend 12 hours in their first ferment, then another 168 in GrainPro bags, before being washed and dried for ten days on raised beds. The result is layered and unmistakably fruit-forward.
Origin: Colombia
Region: Sonson, Antioquia
Producer: Bayron Arcila Lopez — El Vergel farm (1.5 hectares)
Altitude: 1,880 meters
Variety: Colombia, Castillo
Process: Extended double fermentation (washed) — 12 hr + 168 hr, dried 10 days on raised beds
Tasting notes: Pineapple, honey, blueberry
Roast level: Light to medium
Recommended brew: Pour-over or drip
Whole bean or ground, roasted to order in Atlanta.
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