Colombia | Andres Martinez Blackberry Co-ferment
Sold out checked 14 Nov 2026
Price
Listed: $20.00 / 232g → $8.62 per 100g
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Description
Tasting Notes: Blackberry, stawberry, lychee, honey
Origin: Cauca, Colombia
Farm: El Sendero
Producer: Andrés Martínez
Altitude: 1750 masl
Varietal: Caturra
Process: Honey, blackberry co-ferment
About: This coffee was sourced through Unblended Coffee from Andrés Martínez in Cauca, Colombia. Andrés started his career at Tecnicafé, a coffee research and innovation institute in Cauca, then spent time at Finca El Paraíso, where he handled soil studies and process standardization. He recently left to focus on his own project and now owns two farms in Cauca, including El Sendero. He’s also set up cherry collection points in Cauca and Nariño so he can process larger, more consistent volumes.
Andrés developed this lot out of curiosity about how to intensify the natural flavor of blackberries in a fermentation must.
From Unblended:
"Ripe cherries are selected and floated to remove defects, then depulped while keeping the mucilage intact as part of the honey process.
Fresh Castilla blackberries* are blended to prepare the coffee mosto, which is fermented anaerobically with enology yeast for four days to preserve the fruit’s tannic profile. Once the mosto is ready, the coffee beans are added to the tank, allowing both the coffee and the fermented blackberry mosto to co-ferment for an additional four days in a sealed tanks. After this fermentation, the coffee undergoes a light wash to remove any excess of fruit.
The coffee is dried on sun-bed driers for 10 to 15 days until it reaches 11% moisture content."
*a natural blackberry concentrate is also added to the fermentation.
House recipe: https://brainwaveroasters.com/pages/brew-guide
Orea O1 - 202° water (~30ppm), 1:16.5 ratio, 5.5 ZP6.
0:30 bloom, then 3 pours to final volume, pouring once water is near the coffee bed, finishing around 2:30.
Rest: We're suggesting you rest this one for 3-4 weeks to maximize the flavor.
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Whole Bean Coffee | Net wt. 8 oz.
Text from Brainwave Coffee Roasters' listing.