Wilton Benitez - Sudan Rume Colombia
This is our third harvest working with Wilton Benitez and the first time we've had his Sudan Rume. This coffee is explosive with red candy sweetness, juicy acidity and a tropical profile.
200G
- Variety: Sudan Rume
- Country: Colombia
- Region: Piendamó, Cauca, Colombia
- Process: Washed with Thermal Shock
- Altitude: 1900 MASL
- Harvest: 2024
- Producer: Wilton Benitez
- Farm: Granja Paraiso 92
- Roast Level: Light
In the cup
We get an explosive profile of red candies, cherry cola and a juicy red grape acidity. This coffee is bright with an intense fruit forward profile. This coffee has a long sweet tropical finish.
About The Producer
26+ years being a coffee grower. 16+ years of experience with specialty coffee. Roaster. Q-grader processor. Non-certified tester but with a lifetime of experience in the tasting process. Paraíso 92 is a family farm that uses highly innovative farming systems such as terraces, drip irrigation, shading and laboratory nutrition count aimed to produce a unique coffee. Paraiso 92 has a processing plant, microbiology lab and quality lab. They are able to produce coffees through different processes such as washed, Natural, Honey and anaerobic coffees (single and twice fermentation). The use of bioreactors and specific microorganisms for controlled fermentation coupled with a constant control and monitoring of factors such as temperature, pH, brix degrees and electric conductivity make El Paraiso 92 ́s coffee to stand out from the rest and offer a value added like no other. All this allow the producer to have distinct, unique and standardized profiles and notes.
Processing
The cherries are immersed in water at 90c for 120 seconds (Thermal Shock). The cherry is pulled and fermentation begins in an anaerobic bioreactor. Coffee is sanitized with an injection of ozonated water. Yeast is added (Saccharomyces pastorianus) and this is closely monitored and fermented for 96 hours. Once finished, the coffee is dried at 38c.
Variety
Sudan Rume is an extremely unique variety as it's a hybrid cultivar originating from the Boma Plateau, Sudan. The harvest is often incredibly small, and we think this coffee is a classic example of quality over quantity. We enjoy Sudan Rume for it's sweet yellow fruit/red fruit profile and unique complexity.