Andres'  Natural Dev. Lot
Andres' Natural Dev. Lot
48 Kg
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The Process

How this coffee was produced

Natural Process with a 72 hour fermentation

01. Harvesting

Ripe cherries are carefully harvested and selected. They are then floated for density separation and hand-sorted to remove underripe, overripe, and dry cherries.

02. Processing

The cherries are fermented in closed tanks for 72 hours

03. Drying Phase

The coffee is first pre-dried on raised sun beds, then finished in mechanical dryers until it reaches approximately 10% moisture content.

About the producer

Andres Cardona

Andres Cardona began working with coffee at the age of 12, but it wasn't until 2018 that he took a specialty coffee course with the Antioquia government, which led him to experiment on his farm. Always eager to move his family forward, he has managed to steadily progress and maintain his processes in an incredible way. Today, his farm is more than just a farm—it's a processing center for other producers in the community, from whom Andres buys the coffee...

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Andres Cardona

About the farm

La Ilusión

About the farm

La Ilusión is Andrés’s family farm, a cherished inheritance passed down through generations. Today, his parents call it home, and for years, it has been both their paradise and their livelihood. Nestled in Santa Bárbara, a small town just an hour and a half from Medellín, the farm thrives with coffee plants, chickens, and various birds. Andrés dreams of transforming La Ilusión into a coffee processing facility, providing local farmers with a space to process high-quality, differentiated coffee.

Altitude

1650 m

Size

4 H & 6 employees

Varieties

Castillo, Colombia, Cenicafé 1

Harvest Season

October - December