PANAMA – RUBEN VIERA – GEISHA VARIETAL – STATIC CHERRY NATURAL PROCESS (EXOTIC FILTER RELEASE)

NOTES: BLOOD ORANGE, PLUM, RIPE PURPLE BERRIES, BLACKCURRANTS, DARK CHOCOLATE, ROSE AROMA

Ruben Viera is 71 years old and inherited his family’s seven-hectare farm in 2006. He has been working with coffee all of his life, beginning by helping out his parents anywhere he could as a youngster. He now has five hectares planted with a total of 11,400 coffee trees, growing beneath a canopy of citrus trees. All work on the farm is performed by hand, and Ruben employs three people year-round to keep his crop at its healthiest. During the harvest, he employs up to 15 people. For this process, the ambient environment is crucial. The cherry is placed into plastic tanks, with no oxygen present, creating an anaerobic environment which allows certain bacteria and yeast to develop at a slower rate. CCD then experiments with different durations, in this case for 60 hours. These relatively short fermentations increase the prevalence of lactic acids in the cherry, lending a subtle vibrancy to the cup

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