Colombia — Faver Ninco Finca Costa Rica Papayo (Yeast Inoculated & Washed)

Tastes Like — 🍇 Red Currants • 🍬 Vanilla Yogurt • 🌰 Almonds

DETAILS

• Producer: Faver Ninco
• Farm: Finca Costa Rica
• Region: Santa Maria, Huila, Colombia
• Varietal: Papayo
• Process: Yeast Inoculated & Washed
• Elevation: 1,900 masl
  

INTRO
This is the first harvest featuring Faver Ninco and his family, and the first time ever featuring the Papayo varietal. This coffee is incredibly complex in the cup, resulting in a sweet and creamy profile of tart red fruits and vanilla. In the cup: red currants, vanilla yogurt, and almonds.

THE PRODUCER
Faver's coffee journey began about 25 years ago, learning everything he knows about coffee production from his father and neighbours. About six years ago, he became very interested in coffee varieties and specialty coffee. His four children have since joined the process, each owning their own coffee plants and carefully selecting the varieties they want to grow, contributing to the family's economy and their own.

Papayo is a rare Arabica variety from southern Colombia, known for cherries and seeds that grow long and tapered instead of round — growers named it for that shape, narrowing to a point like a small papaya. It's a farmer-named variety rather than a bred and released cultivar, carrying no institutional pedigree or release date.

THE PROCESS
Cherries are hand-selected and spend 12-14 hours fermenting in cherry. They're then de-pulped and dry-fermented for 72 hours with a yeast concentrate prior to drying for 72-84 hours.

The 72-hour yeast-inoculated dry fermentation is the defining step — it's what builds the complex sweetness behind the red currant and vanilla yogurt character that define this cup, alongside a nutty almond depth.

THE CUP
Complex and creamy — sweet red currants and tart red fruits lead, with a creamy vanilla yogurt sweetness and almond depth. A fruit-forward finish with real body.

Flavour Notes
🍇 Red Currants 🍬 Vanilla Yogurt 🌰 Almonds