Colombia Maragesha - natural

Felipe Arcila, El Encanto, Quindio
Variety: Maragesha
natural, 2050 m

As you probably know, in June we were at the World of Coffee in Copenhagen - and not only met many of our dear customers from all over the world, but also producers we highly appreciate to work with. As you can imagine, we also got to taste a few things... including this Maragesha, which we simply had to have in our range.

Some may remember that this happened to us in Athens with our Red Gesha ;) which is worth mentioning, because although it is not from the same farm, but the same producer, Felipe Arcila and his family. So the bar is set high!

But now finally something about the coffee: complex aromas, fruity notes, an incredible sweetness and a silky body... With every sip, we find new aspects in this filter. Maragesha is a hybrid of Maragogype and Gesha - first crossed on Luis Anibal's Finca Villa Betulia farm in 2017 - and brings the strengths of both varieties to the table; the taste also changes over the weeks after roasting. There's something to discover in every brew, we enjoy that very much :) and hopefully you will too!

About the processing: The coffee cherries are first exposed to a 24-hour dry aerobic fermentation before being placed in GrainPro bags for 50 hours below 22 °C. The cherries are then dried on raised beds until they reach 11% moisture content.

About the producer: Felipe Arcila and his brother Carlos are fourth-generation coffee producers (you may also remember Jairo Arcila, their father; we had the Strawberry Infused Castillo from his farm Santa Mónica last year). The two have specialized in processing high-quality, exotic varieties and are always surprising us with rarities that are worth discovering.