EXP009: PASSIONFRUIT

This is our ninth drop. And it's our favorite so far. Jairo Arcila, a Colombian coffee producer, processed this coffee with passionfruit and wine yeast to bring out extraordinary fruit flavors. The coffee is a Castillo variety (see here for more information) grown at the Santa Monica farm in Quindio, Colombia.

This coffee from Jairo Arcila was our favorite from sampling dozens of coffees early in 2025. We absolutely love this coffee and think you will too. It has that perfect blend of what advanced processing can offer to a coffee by elevating the natural characteristics of the bean without imparting too much funkiness. 

Producer: Jairo Arcila

Location: Quindío, Colombia from the Santa Monica farm

Varietal: Castillo

Processing: Washed passionfruit wine yeast fermentation

We taste: Sweet passionfruit, almost like lychee, without the overwhelming presence of co-fermented funkiness because of the washed processing

What is "rested" coffee? Some coffees need a little time to become their best selves. Over a few days and weeks after roasting they release gases and taste better. EXP009, for example, is best to drink after three weeks. If you're looking for coffee to drink right away, a rested batch is for you.