Victor Bermudez
Victor Bermudez is a Huila, Gesha coffee from Dayglow Coffee.
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In stock for ~17d 1h
Details
- Origin
- Huila
- Variety
- Gesha
Description
Gesha from Victor Bermudez’s farm, Buenos Aires, in Acevedo, Huila. Multi-stage washed process. Fermentation begins as whole cherry, then depulped and submerged underwater for three days, washed, and dried slowly over 15-20 days, resulting in a clean & delicate expression with riesling-like structure, orange blossom & jasmine florals, and white tea. Victor fell into coffee by coming back home. After studying law in Bogotá and working as a laywer until 2020, the pandemic derailed his plans to move to Sweden to pursue a post graduate degree. What he thought was a temporary fallback plan at his family’s farm quickly became an all encompassing passion. The family farm, Buenos Aires, started with Victor’s grandfather Enrique Motta at the start of the 1970s and has stayed with the family through the last couple generations. Victor relys on his family’s expertise through taking on this plot. His uncle Jairo, is a trained agronomist, a leader in the community and takes an active role in managing the farm activites. When Victor came back to Huila, Jairo offered him the opportunity to experiment and iterate on new fermentation processes and new varieties, effectively transforming the family farm firmly into higher end coffees, and in turn, giving Victor an outlet to find a new career identity and a keen enthusiasm for a more creative and expressive line of work. Today, Finca Buenos Aires spans 13 hectares, nine planted with coffee. The farm is home to over 45,000 trees of castillo, colombia, gesha, caturra chiroso, sidra, arara, maragesha, and parainema (we will have to ask him about that one!), shaded by more than 5,000 pink cedar trees and banana plants. They also grow plantain, cassava, beans, and a family garden for household consumption. Since 2022, Victor has studied as a barista, roaster, and cupper through SENA courses, even earning an SCA Intermediate Sensory Analysis certification- a milestone he proudly says excited him, “more than graduating from law school.”