La Joya - Washed Field Blend - Loja, Ecuador

Producer: Santiago Crespo
Location: Loja
Variety: Red & Yellow Caturra, Red & Yellow Bourbon
Process: Washed
Harvest: 2026
Importer: The Coffee Quest

Contract Price: $6.95 per pound

Washed Coffee: The washed process is the standard, method of perparing coffee before roasting. It results in high-clarity, delicate flavors. The process begins with mechanically depulping the coffee cherry, followed by repeated washing with clean water to ensure the complete removal of the fruit mucilage. The coffee is then fermented for a short period of time to remove the parchment layer, and then dried in the a single layer either in the sun or in shade for several days.