Colombia Jairo Arcila【Lulo】

About This Coffee

Tropical flavours of peach, mango, passion fruit, papaya and baby kiwi. The dense mango nectar-like aroma and mouthfeel is particularly impressive. There are also bergamot-like notes and moments when it feels like Earl Grey. Just having a cup of this coffee in the morning makes the whole day feel special. We would like to say Lulo in the tasting notes, but we are ashamed to say that FREAK members have never had a Lulo before, so we couldn't include it. This coffee was grown by Jairo Arcila at Finca Santa Monica. A 72-hour dry anaerobic fermentation is carried out on the coffee cherries, and Lulo and wine yeast are added during this fermentation stage. The coffee cherries are then pulped and transferred to the drying process. The drying process takes place on raised drying beds at ground level at temperatures below 35℃ until the ideal moisture content is reached. This micro-lot is made from 100% Castillo variety. This variety is more productive than the Caturra variety and is also more resistant to coffee rust, making it a valuable variety for the producer. Jairo is a third generation coffee producer from Quindio, Colombia, with two children, Carlos and Felipe. (Felipe's coffees were previously sold here as Strawberry and Peach and received an excellent response.) His first job was with Colombia's second largest exporter, where he worked as their plant manager for over 40 years until his retirement in 2019. During this period he bought his first coffee farm, Finca La Esmeralda, in 1987, where he planted his first lot of Caturra. He was fortunate enough to be able to work full time and also earn an income by producing coffee on this farm, and gradually succeeded in purchasing five additional farms. During the harvest season he provides a lot of work for the local people and has a significant economic impact on the local community.