Rosé • Strawberry • Watermelon Candy

Producer - Jorge Elías Rojas

Varietal - Field Blend

Process - Honey; 110hr Fermentation

Altitude - 1850 masl

Region - Tolima

This coffee comes to us from our importing partners at Coffee Quest. This coffee intensely is sweet and complex, reminding us of fresh strawberry and your favorite watermelon candy. As it cools, you’ll be met with the sparkling qualities of rosé and guava. This is a refreshing coffee for those warm weather days, so kick back and enjoy.

Upon arriving to the wet-mill, the cherries are selected by hand to make sure remove immature and other low-quality beans. Afterwards, the coffee is placed in sealed tanks for 72 hours, then de-pulped and fermented again for another 38 hours in the same tanks. After this fermentation process, the coffee is washed or left to dry with the mucilage (honey).

Producer Profile

Jorge is a 4th generation coffee grower. His story in coffee began when he was 13 years old, when his mother gave him the opportunity to be involved in the farm, giving him the chance to learn everything that was needed to run a coffee farm. When he grew up, he inherited part of his father’s farm, but also bought part of a neighbor’s land to create what is now Finca El Jardin.

His family is also involved in production, his brother and sister are always in the fields, they all work together to innovate and produce good quality coffee. He has created his own brand, La Roca State; he roasts and is currently building out a wet mill to buy and process coffee cherries from his neighbors. His dream is to become a recognized producer in his region, and hopes that his son, currently 10 years old, will become the next generation of coffee producers to carry on the legacy.