La LLama - Panama Gesha 150G ( Filter Roasted )

COUNTRY: Bolivia

DEPARTMENT: La Paz

PROVINCE: Caranavi

COLONIA: Villa Rosario

ELEVATION: 1,700m above sea level

VARIETY: Panama Gesha

PROCESSING: Washed (70hr Ferment)

FARM OWNER: Los Rodríguez Family

This Gesha nano lot comes from Finca La Llama, one of the latest additions to the Fincas Los Rodríguez farms. The farm is located in the colonia of Villa Rosario just outside of the town of Caranavi. The farm is owned by the Pedro Rodríguez and his family, who also operate the exporting business Agricafe Bolivia.

At La Llama, pickers from the Villa Rosario community and the state of Beni are hired to carefully handpick the coffee during the harvest. Selective picking is extremely important for special micro-lots like this one, to ensure the sweetest cup. The Rodríguez family has found that harvesting the very ripest (almost purple) cherries result in the most complexity and distinction in the coffee.

For this lot, Buena Vista Manager and fermentation expert Adrián Silva prepared a solution with a carefully calculated level of the harvested bacteria or yeasts, and added it to the wet parchment as it was placed in sealed stainless steel tanks, catalysing a controlled fermentation. The team at Buena Vista made sure the lid remained shut for the full period of fermentation, to ensure no oxygen touched the cherries and that the punch-like, boozy aroma remained trapped inside.

The tanks were closely monitored throughout the ferment process and the coffee was removed after 70 hours, when the desired fermentation was complete. The wet parchment was then washed with fresh, clean water and carefully machine-dried for 120 hours using a ‘guardiola,’ a horizontal, rotating drum that gets rid of moisture by creating a warm, consistent flow of air around the coffee.

RECOMMENDED Suitable for Filter brewing methods and French press.

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