ARCHERS - EL VERGEL ESTATE WATERMELON CANDY BLAST

ARCHERS
DUBAI, UAE

EL VERGEL ESTATE WATERMELON CANDY BLAST

WATERMELON
ROSE
LYCHEE
BLUEBERRY

ORIGIN: COLOMBIA
REGION: HUILA, TOLIMA, CALDAS
PRODUCER: ELIAS & SHADY BAYTER
FARM: EL VERGEL ESTATE
VARIETY: CATURRA
PROCESS: HONEY CO-FERMENT WATERMELON
ALTITUDE: 1750 MASL

ROAST DATE: JANUARY 21, 2026

FROM THE ROASTER

THE BAYTER BROTHERS BLEND TRADITION AND INNOVATION, SO THAT EVEN ALL COFFEES — EVEN DECAFFEINATED ONES — BECOME CUPS WORTHY OF CELEBRATION. AT EL VERGEL, THEY KEEP WITH COLOMBIAN FARMING METHODS AND CULTIVATE OVER 28 COFFEE VARIETIES IN DIFFERENT SMALL PLOTS, WITH DISTINCT MICROCLIMATES TO PRECISELY GROW EACH LOT.

FOR THEIR DECAF, THE BROTHERS APPLIED SUGAR CANE ETHYL ACETATE PROCESSING, OR “NATURAL DECAF” TO THEIR CATURRA. THEY SOURCED THEIR ETHYL ACETATE FROM COLOMBIAN FERMENTED SUGARCANE MOLASSES, GROUNDING THIS EXPERIMENT IN THEIR LOCALE. THE PROCESS IS GENTLE: EXPOSING GREEN COFFEE TO WATER THEN STEAM, SO BEANS EXPAND BY ABSORBING MOISTURE. THIS OPENS THE CELLULAR STRUCTURE ALLOWING THE ETHYL ACETATE TO NATURALLY DISSOLVE CAFFEINE.

THIS SAME SPIRIT OF DEDICATED REFINEMENT HAS LED TO EL VERGEL’S EVOLUTION. IN 2018, THE BROTHERS MODERNIZED THE FARM AND INTRODUCED AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC PROCESSING.

SINCE THEN, THEY’VE DEVELOPED RESEARCH ON YEAST AND BACTERIA TO GUIDE FERMENTATION WITH CARE. IT’S WORK THAT LED TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT OF COLOMBIA’S FIRST KOJI FERMENTATION PROCESS — A MILESTONE THAT REDEFINED WHAT GREEN COFFEE COULD BECOME.