Rio de Cafe

About This Coffee

This community lot from Colombia is produced by farmers who cultivate, harvest, and carefully sort cherries to remove damaged or underripe fruit. Using individual micro-mills, the producers depulp the cherries and ferment the seeds in mucilage for up to 36 hours using a dry fermentation process. The coffee is then gently washed with a minimal amount of water and slowly dried on raised beds to 11 percent moisture. The resulting community blend is noted for its clean and consistent profile, reflecting the precise post-harvest practices of the contributing producers.

Origin

Colombia

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Processing

Washed

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Highwire Coffee Roasters

Highwire Coffee Roasters was founded in 2011 in the East Bay by Rich Avella, Eric Hashimoto, and Robert Myers, three friends who connected in the mid 1990s over shared values around coffee and community. The roastery operates out of Emeryville, California, with multiple cafés across Oakland, Alameda, Albany, and Walnut Creek. Highwire roasts and ships on the same day to ensure peak freshness, offering a range from light, bright single origins to deeper, chocolatey darker roasts. Sourcing prioritizes the freshest green coffees available in any given season, and the team builds direct relationships with producers who share their focus on quality and sustainability. The company describes its approach as approachable excellence, a philosophy that extends from the coffee itself to the neighborhood feel of each location.

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