{"product_id":"black-white-sebastian-ramirez-red-fruit-colombia","title":"Black \u0026 White - Sebastian Ramirez - Red Fruit | Colombia","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColombia — Sebastián Ramírez Fincas El Placer Red Fruit Caturra (Co-Ferment)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTastes Like — 🍓 Cooked Strawberry • 🍬 Grape Candy • 🍑 Peach • 🍫 Milk Chocolate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProducer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sebastián Ramírez\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFarm:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fincas El Placer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Quindío, Colombia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e Caturra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProcess:\u003c\/strong\u003e Co-Ferment (Anaerobic with Dehydrated Strawberries)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAltitude:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1,700–1,800 MASL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 340g (12oz)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eINTRO\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSebastián Ramírez is a fourth-generation coffee producer who began as a traditional grower but set himself on a very different path — one driven by fermentation science and a restless curiosity about what coffee can become. Today he is regarded as a master of co-fermentation and carbonic maceration, and his coffees are anything but ordinary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Red Fruit is one of the most direct expressions of that vision: a strawberry co-ferment with rich, layered sweetness that moves from cooked fruit and grape candy to peach and a silky milk chocolate finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE PRODUCER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSebastián comes from a long lineage of farmers in Quindío but has rewritten the playbook entirely. Over twelve years of dedicated experimentation he has mastered processes that few producers attempt at his scale. 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