David checks on the freshly drying natural process coffees on the farm’s raised beds.

Our partnership with Finca Concepción Buena Vista in Guatemala grew this past year, and we really were excited to share several of the Solano family’s amazing 2022 offerings with our customers. We have two final releases from this harvest before the 2023 coffees arrive this spring, and they are wild!

First up is the Buena Vista Sous Vide!

Last year, fourth-generation coffee farmer (and 2-time World Barista Championship competitor!) David Solano from Finca Concepcion Buena Vista told us about a brand-new way of processing coffee that he and his brother Eddy were working on.

Cupping the sous vide for the first time with David in Feb. 2022.

When we visited last February, we cupped this experimental “sous vide” processed coffee, and we were absolutely blown away. We bought one of the two bags available from this micro lot and have been excited since it arrived late last year to be able to share it with the 8th & Roast family.

David can explain better than us: instagram.com/reel/CnxSWioo3cb

The coffee undergoes anaerobic fermentation in sealed bags submerged in a controlled temperature environment for 4 days. Following this fermentation, the cherries are spread on raised beds in the open air to dry for 21 days. This process was pioneered by the Solano brothers at their farm in San Martín Jilotepeque, and is the first known use of this process for green coffee.

To read more about our relationship with the Solano family, click here. To buy more coffee from this farm, you can try their washed processed yellow bourbon here, and their natural processed red bourbon here.

To learn about our sourcing and transparency goals, click here.

You can try this amazing coffee for the next two weeks at our streetside locations, and limited quantities of 8oz. bags are available online until this amazing coffee is sold out!

A sous-vide processed coffee?