El Vergel comes from the farm of the same name located in the Regio Tolima, near the city of Fresno in Colombia. Our roast master Hannes had the opportunity to get to know the farm and the team of El Vergel in Colombia in June of this year. The two brothers Elias and Shady Bayter are crazy in a positive sense and very open to perform novel fermentation experiments. Previously, we had already had the „Pink Koji“ from the same producers as a limited edition coffee in our range. The coffee was quickly sold out and now we are happy to present you the farm coffee El Vergel itself. This comes from the most common variety on the farm, Caturra, and the coffee cherries are prepared in the „washed“ process. That is, after floating the cherries in a water bath, first the unripe cherries are separated. Then the cherries are depulped in a mechanical process, i.e. the beans are separated from the pulp. Then the remaining pulp („mucilage“) is separated from the bean by fermentation in the water tank. Finally, the beans are placed on elevated drying beds for uniform drying, where they are turned by hand at regular intervals. In some cases, the coffee is also mechanically dried at the end of the drying process using innovative methods.
Colombia: El Vergel
- Origin: Finca El Vergel, Fresno, Tolima Department, Colombia
- Geo-Coordinates: 5°07’34.2″N, 75°01’02.0″W
- Altitude: 1.400 m
- Coffee farmer: Elias & Shady Bayter
- Processing: washed
- Plant: Caturra Variety, Arabica
