🍒 Lychee  •  🥭 Mango  •  🍓 Red Berries

Intro

This Colombian coffee from Finca la Riviera perfectly illustrates what modern fermentations can achieve when carried out with precision. Thanks to its innovative Anaerobic Culturing process, fermentation takes place in the absence of oxygen with a carefully selected culture of microorganisms — enhancing aromatic complexity while maintaining a beautifully controlled cup.

Details

The Farm

Finca la Riviera has become a true benchmark in the world of Colombian specialty coffee. With years of collaboration and a shared commitment to precision and innovation, this farm consistently produces lots of extraordinary quality and complexity. Their mastery of experimental processing methods has earned them a well-deserved reputation among the most discerning roasters in the world.

Colombia’s ideal combination of altitude, climate, and biodiversity provides the perfect canvas for Finca la Riviera’s work — and their Anaerobic Culturing process is a prime example of how traditional terroir and modern technique can be brought together to stunning effect.

The Process

The Anaerobic Culturing process is among the most precise and technically demanding in contemporary specialty coffee:

• 🍒 Selective hand-picking — Cherries harvested at peak ripeness
• 🔒 Anaerobic fermentation — Cherries sealed in oxygen-free tanks, eliminating wild microbial influence
• 🧬 Cultured microorganisms — A carefully selected microbial culture introduced to drive fermentation with precision
• 🧪 Controlled environment — Temperature, time, and microbial activity strictly monitored throughout
• ☀️ Drying — Dried under controlled conditions to lock in the developed aromatic compounds

The result is a coffee of intense and controlled flavour — the aromatic complexity of an experimental process, without any of the instability or excess that less precise fermentations can produce.

The Cup

From the first sips, lychee brings an exotic sweetness that opens the tasting experience with elegance. Mango then settles on the palate — juicy and luscious — before giving way to vibrant, lingering red fruits that carry the finish. Despite its intensely fruity profile, this coffee never falls into excessive sweetness; the balance of flavours is a direct testament to a completely controlled fermentation. Designed for filter brewing, it captivates with expression, complexity, and a depth that rewards every sip.

Flavour Notes

🍒 Lychee    🥭 Mango    🍓 Red Berries