Jairo Arcila is a third-generation coffee grower in Quindio, Colombia. Jairo bought his first coffee farm, in 1987, where he planted his first Caturra lot. He was fortunate enough to earn money by producing coffee while also working full time for the local exporter. Using his savings Jairo slowly managed to purchase five additional farms. 

Coffee production was incredibly profitable until 2005, when Jairo noticed a downturn and began converting his farms to grow avocado, banana, plantain and oranges. With the rise of specialty coffee, Jairo has decided to give growing coffee another chance. 

The coffee cherries are in a container purged with gas that created anaerobic environment for 24 hours. Then it is been place inside grain pro bag with no extra air flow, and submerge in water tank for 60 hrs. The environment temperature is controlled around 22’c during this process. The cherries were dried on raised bed to reach 18% moisture content and then transfer to grain pro bag again for another 50 hrs submersion in water. After second submersion, the coffee cherries are dried again to 10.5% moisture. 

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