El Edén Java is a microlot produced on Shady Bayter’s estate project, El Vergel. The farm is located in the mountainous department of Tolima and benefits from the nutrient-rich soil of the inactive volcano it sits upon. Managed by himself, his brother, Elias, and their mother, Marta, El Vergel has become known as one of the biggest producers in the region since its beginnings in 1995. 

The Java varietal is rare in Colombia and the Bayter brothers have developed a unique processing method based on the coffee’s density, genetics, and other characteristics. They approach all of their experimental processing methods with the goal of creating and passing on methods to help improve the quality of life of the families who work with them on El Vergel.

This coffee was carefully picked and sorted at +95% cherry maturity, which assisted in developing an extended fermentation during processing. For this natural anaerobic process, cherries undergo 60 hours of fermentation in plastic tanks where they are covered to induce microbiological activity. After the first 20 hours, tanks are filled with 50% water, partially submerging the coffee cherries and inducing bacterial activity for the remainder of the fermentation process. The coffee is then dried for approximately 30 days, after which it is stored for 2 months in grain pro for optimum maturation.

We’re proud to offer this beautiful coffee and to have had the opportunity to work closely with Shady to source both it and El Vergel’s first crop of cacao for our chocolate bars.

El Eden Java

Coffee Shop and Roastery located at the Southern Bleachery and Taylors Mill.

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