Wilder Lazo - Chiroso Lot

Farm: La Dinastía

Farmer: Wilder Lazo, Segundo Lasso

Origin: San Adolfo. Huila. Colombia

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Elevation: 1,480-1,550 meters above sea level

Farm size: 12 hectares

Lot size: 2 hectares

Planted: 2018

Variety: Chiroso

Fermentation: 36 hours anaerobic in the mucilage, submerged

Drying: 20 days on raised beds

Process: Washed

Harvest: September 2024

Wilder Lazo is actually a veterinarian specialized in livestock farming. As the coffee price continued to decline in 2016 and his father fell seriously ill, he decided to bring the family farm up to speed together with his brother.

Initially, their coffees scored between 80-83 points on the cupping scale, despite elaborate processes and preparations. Wilder started examining soil samples and using targeted nutrients and fertilizers to neutralize the pH value, thereby increasing the availability of nutrients for the coffee trees. He refers to this as precision agriculture.

The anaerobic fermentation emphasizes the true coffee character, as most microorganisms work much slower compared to aerobic "fermentation" (actually more correctly referred to as oxidation, as fermentation, by definition, is an anaerobic process). In coffee processing, however, everything that happens "between picking and drying" is mistakenly referred to as fermentation.

Wilder Lazo ensures that the soil is very well supplied with nutrients. Then, the fully ripe, extremely large fruits are harvested and washed in water tanks to separate them from impurities and floating beans. For this Chiroso lot, the coffee cherries were immediately pulped, placed in containers and was then anaerobically fermented for 36 hours. The fermentation within the coffee cherry emphasizes fruitiness and funkiness, but for this Chiroso lot, we wanted to highlight the intrinsic flavors of passion fruit, florals and its vibrant aroma.

We have done some experiments drying the chiroso together with lemongrass leaves but this time we wanted to only highlight variety & terroir. No additives, just coffee.