COLOMBIA, BAYRON ARCILA DOUBLE FERMENT - WS

Bright, tropical, and built to last — pineapple up top, honeyed sweetness through the middle, ripe blueberry on the finish. Bayron Arcila Lopez calls this lot Baluarte: stronghold. Bayron is a 31-year-old youth leader in Sonson, Antioquia, Colombia, helping the next generation of coffee farmers raise the bar on their own land. His farm El Vergel sits at the very top of the mountain — a 1.5-hectare plot surrounded by drying beds and a small coffee roaster, designed for experimentation. This Baluarte lot is an extended double-fermentation washed: cherries spend 12 hours in their first ferment, then another 168 in GrainPro bags, before being washed and dried for ten days on raised beds. The result is layered and unmistakably fruit-forward. Origin: Colombia Region: Sonson, Antioquia Producer: Bayron Arcila Lopez — El Vergel farm (1.5 hectares) Altitude: 1,880 meters Variety: Colombia, Castillo Process: Extended double fermentation (washed) — 12 hr + 168 hr, dried 10 days on raised beds Tasting notes: Pineapple, honey, blueberry Roast level: Light to medium Recommended brew: Pour-over or drip Whole bean or ground, roasted to order in Atlanta.