Cofinet Cinnamon Co-fermentation Coffee

Jairo Arcila Santa Monica Armenia Quindío Colombia, Arabica Castillo, Washed, Cinnamon Maceration with Tartaric Acid, 2024

Strawberry | Cinnamon | Cacao | Spices | Floral | Sweet Chocolate

Cofinet is founded by Felipe Arcila and Carlos Arcila, sons of Jairo Arcila. They collectively own about 20 nearby farms in Armenia Quindio. These coffees are collectively processed at their own La Pradera near to the Armenia airport (Google Plus Code: F7GR+98 Quindio, Colombia). When we visited them in 2019, we were staying at this beautiful wet mill.

During COVID, Cofinet became famous for making fruit maceration coffees in their Santa Monica and Finca Villarazo, both owned by their father Jairo Arcila. Since we started featuring his coffees in 2021, we have carried strawberry, passion fruit, mandarin, orange, cinnamon, lychee, and now banana. The technique for fruit maceration differ from cinnamon maceration. Banana maceration is similar to strawberry maceration. In cinnamon maceration, the coffee was exposed to a dry anaerobic fermentation of 72 hours with the pulp on. During this period of fermentation, tartaric acid and cinnamon sticks were added. Afterwards cherries were pulped and left to dry on raised beds to 10.5% moisture content. We roast and brew similarly for such coffees.

Cofinet alternates among their various farms to produce their co-fermented coffees. This explains the title of this coffee. 

In Nov 2024, Cofinet has switched the cinnamon coffee production from Jairo Arcila's Finca Villarazo to Felipe Arcila's Jardines del Eden (Garden of Eden), the latter being their star farm that plants their best and rarest varieties.

We wrote a blog post on this coffee in 2022. In June 2024, we wrote another blog post to reflect on evolving trends which include maceration coffees.

Savouring our world in a cup!
Enjoy!