
El Vergel - Passion Fruit
Café PistaAbout This Coffee
This coffee is sourced from multiple producers across the Tolima, Huila, and Caldas regions of Colombia through Forest Coffee, a network founded by the Bayter family in 2019 that brings together 250 families. The coffee undergoes an innovative experimental processing method: after manual sorting of ripe cherries, the beans undergo 24 hours of pre-fermentation followed by 24 hours of fermentation in cherry. Once depulped, the seeds are co-fermented anaerobically for 5 days with their mucilage, enriched with yeasts and passion fruit flavors, intensifying the profile of the traditional honey process. The coffee is then mechanically dried for 10 days and stabilized for 5 days in plastic bags to ensure humidity uniformity and optimal aroma preservation.
Origin
Tolima (Colombia) • Huila (Colombia) • Caldas (Colombia)
Flavor Notes
Passion Fruit
Roast Level
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Processing
Anaerobic Honey
Typology
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CP
Café Pista
What began in 2014 as Le Pista Cafe Mobile, a bicycle powered coffee cart created by Maxime Richard, has grown into a Montreal roastery with three brick and mortar locations. The first permanent cafe opened on Beaubien Street in 2016, and roasting now takes place on a Loring S15 Falcon at the Rue Masson location. Cafe Pista maintains a farm to table mentality, building direct relationships with producers to ensure quality and traceability from origin to cup. In a uniquely Montreal twist, select locations transform into Vin Public wine bars on Thursday and Friday evenings, blending coffee culture with the city's vibrant social scene.

