Innovations at Origin
the sugar’s maximum benefits without risking overfermentation. Sanchez’s innovation is one of process as much as processing. To observe the intersection of changing variables and record the results is the basis for all experimentation and research, but those in the business of agriculture often must be reactive to the variables of weather and disease, while any introduction of other variables takes a backseat. By first observing the sugar levels of a day’s harvest and having an option for all degrees Brix, Sanchez knows how to make the best of every cherry, whatever natural punch it packs. While coffees prepared with cold fermentation processing—especially those of the Pink Bourbon variety, a unique type of Arabica Sanchez found on Finca Monteblanco that ripens to pink and cups like a Gesha—have earned their place in the spotlight of competition stages, the real motivation for perfecting the processing was something far
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PINK BOURBON at Finca Monteblanco.
