Colombia - Julio Bermudez, La Palma & El Tucan

We are excited to feature coffee from Julio Bermudez for the second time! Julio is a coffee producer from the Cundinamarca region of Colombia and his farm, El Refugio, rests at an elevation of 1650 MASL, or about 5500 feet in elevation. Though his family has always been involved with farming, Julio purchased El Refugio as a hobby project, but he and his wife soon fell in love with working the land and seeing the fruit of their labor. Coffee quickly became more than a project to fill their time, it became a passion and an integral part of their family business. El Refugio is also a longtime participant of La Palma y El Tucan’s Neighbors & Crops program, a project started by Futura co-founders, Felipe and Elisa. Julio’s coffee was fully washed using a Lactic Acid Fermentation, which is a unique process whereby the coffee is fermented using microorganisms in an environment deprived of any oxygen. This processing method develops the sweet, caramel, creamy mouthfeel that you will notice