El Fuerte - Coco Natural ( Filter Roasted )

COUNTRY: Bolivia

DEPARTMENT: Santa Cruz

PROVINCE: Florida

TOWN: Samaipata

ELEVATION: 1,526m above sea level

VARIETY: Java

PROCESSING: Coco Natural

FARM OWNERS: Los Rodriguez Family

This 100% Java microlot comes from El Fuerte, one of four farms owned and operated by the Rodríguez family in Bolivia’s Samaipata region. Cherries for this lot were delivered to Agricafe’s state of the art mill El Fuerte in the evening. After being inspected and weighed, the coffee cherry was carefully sorted by weight using water, and floaters were removed. Following this, the coffee was disinfected, in a similar process used for wine grapes. It was then carefully washed and laid out to dry on patio for 48-72 hours, before being placed in one of Buena Vista’s ‘stationary box’ (or coco) dryers, until it reached 11.5% humidity.

These boxes are series of steel containers that are typically used for drying cocoa pods. They use a gentle flow of warm air from below the coffee bed to dry the parchment slowly and evenly. Coffee was stirred manually at regular intervals to further ensure it dried at a uniform rate. Once the coffee was dry, it was transported to La Paz where it was rested before being milled at Agricafe’s dry mill, La Luna. At this state-of-the-art mill the coffee was first hulled and sorted using machinery, and then by a team of workers who meticulously sorted the coffee by hand under UV and natural light.

RECOMMENDED Suitable for Filter brewing methods and French press.

**NOTE FOR DELIVERY** An order placing BEFORE 2 PM will arrange on next day delivery. An order AFTER 2 PM will deliver on the next following days.