FINCA NICKY Lot N14 Intrinsic Cherry Natural Geisha (55lb @ CAD $18/lb)
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Origin: Panama
Region: Boquete, Chiriquí
Farm: Finca Nicky
Elevation: 1800 masl
Producer: Nicanor Velasquez, Creativa Coffee District
Variety: Geisha
Process: Intrinsic Cherry Natural (24 hour fermentation, 16 days dried on raised beds)
Cup Profile: Blueberry, orange, red grape, cherry
Cup Score: 88
Harvest: January 2020 to March 2020
Size: 55lb (25kg) GrainPro Ziplock
About Creativa Coffee District
Creativa Coffee District (CCD) is a forward-looking specialty coffee producer in the Chiriquí province in Boquete, Panama.
They are a group of revolutionaries set to "game the change" in the coffee industry by weaving it together with the profound cultural impact of the world of contemporary art.
By transforming a traditional wet mill and drying patio into a modern state-of-the-art processing facility, CCD integrates art and specialty coffee in a unique and authentic space. Here, artists are promoted and celebrated to inspire industry participants around the globe to support and demand new coffee production standards that guarantee higher incomes for growers and sustainable ecological practices for processing stations worldwide.
We recommend taking a look at their Instagram account to get a feel for their innovative approach to coffee production and processing.
About Finca Nicky
Nicanor Velasquez runs Finca Nicky and has been working with coffee since he was a child on his family farm. Finca Nicky is a ten-hectare property, with a single hectare now planted with 1,000 Caturra and Geisha coffee trees. He tends to the property mostly by himself, with his son, Michael, helping out when he’s not in school.
The property is full of shade-giving trees, making an excellent canopy over his coffee trees, and he is currently endeavoring to implement more green initiatives on the farm. In busy harvest times, he employs up to ten people in the area.
About Lot N14 (Intrinsic Cherry Natural)
Lot N14 was processed with CCD's unique Intrinsic Cherry Natural process.
The coffee cherries are fermented in the very same bags they come in, to maintain the essence of each micro-lot. The bacteria and yeast strains are unique and vary in each batch, and by involving them in the fermentation, it enables the essence of the cherry to shine.
The fermentation environment is opened to the air which allows nature to guide the temperature - which averages 30° celcius. The temperature is monitored to remain below 45° celsius, to prevent the cherries from overheating.
The fermentation times vary between 12 and 72 hours, as the soaring temperatures of the natural environment can drastically impact the cherry cell structure if left unmonitored.
