Colombia | El Vergel Marta Rubi Genius - 8oz

Bourbon Marta Rubi has become well loved by the Quills staff, and that love was further rooted with our visit to the farm in October. 

This red bourbon variety was planted at 1350MASL in the Tico Pepe micro-lot. Marta, the mother of Shady and Elias Bayter, created the "Women's Project" for the picking and sorting of this micro-lot. This gives women of the region an opportunity to work and provide income for their families. Eighteen women total were involved in the processing of this lot, which the Bayters refer to as the "jewel of the estate." After an extended 60+ hours of anaerobic fermentation in stainless steel tanks, it is intermittently sun-dried for over 24 days and then stored for 1.5 months in grain pro for optimum maturation. 

This particular lot of coffee was purchased exclusively by Quills, and takes the typical fermentation process one step further. Juices from the coffee cherries are extracted and combined with sugar, and re-introduced into the fermentation process to create an even more intense version of this coffee that so many have loved. 

We taste: cherry cordial, passion fruit, blackberry, cocoa nib, rose

Single-Origin Details:

• Producer: El Vergel Estates

• Region: Tolima, Colombia

• Process: Anaerobic Natural

• Variety: Red Bourbon

• Elevation: 1350-1450 MASL