LUZ HELENA SALAZAR

Luz Helena, grew up in Armenia and has been producing coffee for the last 20 years.

She owns Maracay, an 8 hectre farm located at 1450 MASL, in Armenia Quindio. Luz's passion for growing coffee came from watching her husband Jairo Arcila. After hearing Jairo speak about coffee, she wanted to be more involved in the coffee industry. She is the mother of Carlos and Felipe, founders of Cofinet.

Alex visited Luz's farm during his visit to Colombia last year. He couldn't believe how many cherries were growing on the trees!    

This micro-lot is 100% Pink Bourbon. It was exposed to a dry aerobic fermentation for 24 hours before being placed inside Grainpro bags for 50 hours at a temperature below 22°. The whole cherries are then placed on raised beds until 11% moisture content was achieved.