About Julio Madrid of Colombia

Five & Hoek’s “Sasquatch Series” seeks out rare processes and varieties; these coffees are meant for the adventurous and explorers of new flavors, worthy of slow sipping. This coffee variety, Caturra, has become a hall of fame varietal over the past few years, and for good reason.
Julio Madrid, from Finca Milan, located in Risaralda, Colombia has become a household name for producing award winning coffees. Madrid takes a sought after varietal and processes it in sealed barrels and flushes it with nitrogen, creating a completely oxygen free environment. Ripe coffee cherries undergo embryonic stress, maintaining their temperature at 12 degrees. After pulping, the beans are placed in a bioreactor, inoculated with specific strains of yeast and bacteria for controlled fermentation. Nitrogen is injected to facilitate microbial metabolic processes, closely monitoring temperature, acidity, and Brix (sugar content) degrees throughout. Following bioreactor treatment, the coffee beans are solar-dried to 40% moisture, then transferred to mechanical dryers until reaching 10%-12% moisture. The result is a coffee that tastes just like watermelon, bubblegum, and pink starburst. This heavy hitter is just in time for MLB opening day!