Vergara Brothers Washed Tabi

Farm

Vergara Brothers

Process

Fruit Forward Berry Ensemble (Washed Tabi Thermoshock)

Variety

Tabi

Elevation

1750 MASL

Region

Acevedo, Huila

Country

Colombia

Harvest

May-August

The Cup: Raspberry, Strwberry, Floral & Passionfruit

FRUIT FORWARD BERRY ENSEMBLE (The Process)

Beautifully encapsulates a variety of berry flavor within a fruit - forward coffee profile, evoking a diverse and hamonious ensemble of fruity notes.

The art of producing a great fruit - forward coffee lies in achieving a balanced flavor profile. While the fruitiness is the highlight, it is harmoniously balanced with sweetness, body and clean finish. This is the mark of skilled coffee processing

The coffee cherries are harvested at peak ripeness, typically when they turn purple, and are depulped on the same afternoon. The beans undergo a dry fermentation process in tanks for 18 hours, followed by triple washing to ensure cleanliness. Drying is conducted inside parabolic dryers that provide protection from rain, ensuring optimal drying conditions.

The Tabi variety is harvested using a different protocol. Cherries are not harvested at their optimum ripening point, but in semi-ripe stage, so that the oxidation process does not generate intense fermented flavors. The cherries are floated - washed with Alcohol (5%) eliminating impurities.

Submerged fermentation for 12 hours in cherry in plastic bags. An oxidation process follows for 24 hours in tanks. Depulp and anaerobic fermentation with mucilage during 48 hours.

The fermentation process is abruptly interrupted with hot water at 50°C. Quenching is a specific method of rapidly cooling down coffee beans or cherries. It is a critical step in various coffee processing methods as it contributes to fixate the compounds relased during fermentation. The combination of hot and cold water first opens the pores in the bean and the fixates the volatile compounds.

Coffee is dried in a hermetically sealed stainless steel dehumidifier until it reaches 11%. Pristine Precision Drying is done for approximately 36 to 40 hours. Stabilization follows for 1 week.