Renacer
Alcoholic-Lactic
Cosecha 20-02
Over the mountain in La Sierra neighborhood, commune 8 of Medellín, there is a group of farmers who produce high-quality coffee.
The coffee of this micro-lot was harvested in 3 farms of the region: El Descanso, El Tractor, and Villa Sierra. After picking, the ripe cherries are transported to the wet mill, which is called Renacer (meaning new growth in Spanish). It’s here where the magic happens, the mill develops the Alcoholic-Lactic process, which gives this coffee a unique flavour. Nowadays, the farmers can concentrate exclusively on the collection of their beans and Renacer wet mill is focused on processing and experimentation.
Colombian Artisan Coffee set aside part of our profit to help to fund local agricultural training and experimentation projects.
We work with coffee roasting companies in the UK and Ireland, connecting rural farming communities in Colombia which are economically under-developed, and until recently these regions have been affected by internal conflict like La Sierra.
La Sierra, Medellin Colombia
HARVEST
March-June2020
The farmers have a very strict cherry selection criteria on their farms, once the cherries are picked they bring them to the processing centre. After screening, only the ripe cherries are allowed into the fermentation process.
The fermentation's are restricted and they are divided into two parts.
The first fermentation happens in the cherry, where we look to activate the yeasts and it lasts for approximately 100 hours.
The second fermentation happens after de-pulping the cherries, this process is done at 17 ° C so that the lactobacillus work more effectively and this takes about 70 hours.
Total time for the fermentation's 170 hours.
After fermentation, the coffee is washed and sun-dried on patios and drying beds until 11% of humidity, then a coffee sample is taken to the Lab.
COFFEE LAB
Score: 88
Varieties: Caturra, Bourbon, Typica, Colombia
Beans: 100% Arabica
Taste: Delightful notes of papaya, banana, and cognac. Well balanced taste.
Coffee Lab: Rituales
TRADE
May-June 2020
According to the score 88 Colombian Artisan Coffee paid to the farmers 270% more than the coffee market price.
The coffee is weighed and transported to the milling.
LOT PACKING
June 2020
The parchment is milled carefully and screen size over 16 is packed in grain pro bags and coffee sacks to preserve the right humidity and quality.
The sacks from Renacer are ready to be exported from Colombia to the UK.
EXPORT
July 26 2020
The coffee sacks from the microlot Renacer arrive in the UK.