About This Coffee
Daniel Garcia Cano is a 2nd-generation coffee farmer. He grew up on Finca Alto Corozal and purchased the farm from his father and sister who owned the farm before him.
He has been producing specialty coffee since 2012. A friend introduced him to specialty coffee and suggested that he take a course on fermentation methods. Daniel said he learned a lot in the course and, upon completing it, he started producing Anaerobic lots like this one.
Cultivation
Daniel places extra focus on fertilization techniques. He ensures that he’s applying the correct amount of fertilizer at the times when it’s most effective. In addition to coffee, he also grows plaintain and yuca.
Harvest & Post-Harvest
Daniel places a lot of attention on selective handsorting. Pickers are encouraged to select on ripe, red cherry. Once they deliver picked cherry to the on-farm washing station, employees go through the cherry again by hand to ensure that no underripe cherry is processed. No more than 3% of processed cherry is allowed to be green.
After the hand sorting, cherry is fermented in a sealed plastic bags for 5 days. Following fermentation, cherry is laid in a single layer on raised beds. Cherry is raked frequently to ensure even drying. After one day on raised beds, cherry is placed in mechanical silos where it will dry for a further 4 to 5 days.
Coffee in Colombia
Colombia has been producing and exporting coffee renowned for their full body, bright acidity and rich aftertaste, since the early 19th century.
Colombia boasts a wide range of climates and geographic conditions that produce their own unique flavors in coffee. This also means that harvest times can vary quite a bit. In fact, between all its different regions, Colombia produces fresh crop nearly all year round.
The increasing focus on the specialty industry is changing the way traders and farmers do business. It is becoming more common for farmers to isolate the highest quality beans in their lots to market separately. These higher-quality lots are often sold under specific brands or stories.
Besides its wide variety of cup profiles, Colombia has quickly expanded its certification options over the past 10 years. The most common certifications available are Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance and Organic.