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La Tocora, San Adolfo, Acevedo · Lychee co-ferment, washed

Lychee

Lychee co-ferment · Finca Monteblanco

  • Lychee candy
  • ·Peach
  • ·Lychee fruit tea
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Rodrigo Sánchez's Purple Caturra, fermented with a lychee-fed culture. Perfumed and delicate, like lychee candy and a cup of lychee fruit tea, with ripe peach underneath. The most floral of the five, and still very much a co-ferment.

Grown at
1730–1750 m
Variety
Purple Caturra
Process
Lychee co-ferment, washed
Harvest
2026
From
₹720 / 60 g
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I

The land

1,750m

above sea level, the highest rows of the estate. The lowest sit at 1,730 m.

The same Monteblanco slopes as our Strawberry lot: about 1,730 metres in San Adolfo, southern Huila, where Purple Caturra ripens slowly in cool mountain air.

Finca Monteblanco · 1730–1750 m above sea level
II

The hands

Grown by Rodrigo Sánchez Valencia at Finca Monteblanco.

Rodrigo is the third generation on Monteblanco, a 14-hectare family farm his grandfather started near Cueva de los Guácharos National Park and the Suaza River. He grows Purple Caturra, Pink Bourbon, Geisha and Pacamara, won the Yara Champion programme with Pink Bourbon, and since 2016 has built a winemaking-inspired way of fermenting coffee with cultures grown from the farm's own microbes.

III

The process

Lychee co-ferment, washed

Fermented with lychee

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First, Rodrigo grows a “mother culture” from the yeasts and bacteria already living on the farm. He feeds it panela and lychee until it reaches the right sugar and acidity. Ripe, high-sugar cherries are floated, pulped, and the seeds rest with that culture in a sealed tank while he checks Brix and pH constantly. Then the coffee is washed and dried slowly — a few days in sun, then about two weeks in shade — so the fruit character settles into the seed.

Extended ferment with a lychee-fed mother culture, washed, slow dried

  1. 01

    Picked

    2026

  2. 02

    Processed

    Extended ferment with a lychee-fed mother culture, washed, slow dried

  3. 03

    Roasted

    14 October 2026

IV

The cup

Lychee candy on the nose, then a softer, tea-like cup — think lychee fruit tea — with ripe peach as it cools. It's lighter-bodied than the others, so a slightly finer grind brings out the sweetness.

  1. On the noseLychee candyTropical fruit
  2. First sipPeachStone fruit
  3. As it coolsLychee fruit teaTropical fruit
body
Tea-likeSyrupy
acidity
SoftSparkling
sweetness
DryHoneyed
funk
CleanWild
V

Your brew

How we brew Lychee at the roastery.

Dose
15 g
Water
250 g
Ratio
1:16.7
Temp
93 °C
Time
3:00

Grind: Medium-fine, like table salt

  1. 1Bloom with 45 g water for 45 s
  2. 2Pour to 150 g in slow spirals
  3. 3Pour to 250 g by 1:45
  4. 4Swirl once and let it draw down by 3:00
VI

Take it home

Net quantity

MRP inclusive of all taxes.

Grind
1
  • Last roasted 14 October · best after 10 days' rest · best before 6 weeks from roasting
  • Roasted to order; dispatched within 2 days of roasting
  • Damaged, wrong or missing? We replace or refund. Refund policy

Also in a tasting pack

Huila Discovery Pack · ₹1,800

Lot sheet

Variety
Purple Caturra
Species
Arabica
Process
Lychee co-ferment, washed
Altitude
1730–1750 m
Region
La Tocora, San Adolfo, Acevedo, Huila
Estate
Finca Monteblanco
Harvest
2026
Roast
light

Product information

Declarations under the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 and FSS (Labelling & Display) Regulations, 2020.

Generic name: Roasted coffee beans, whole or ground to order

  • Net quantity

    60 g

    MRP ₹720 (incl. of all taxes)

    Unit sale price ₹12.00 per g

  • Net quantity

    100 g

    MRP ₹1,200 (incl. of all taxes)

    Unit sale price ₹12.00 per g

  • Net quantity

    150 g

    MRP ₹1,800 (incl. of all taxes)

    Unit sale price ₹12.00 per g

Ingredients
100% Arabica coffee. Fermented with lychee at the farm during processing.
Allergens
None
Country of origin
Colombia (La Tocora, San Adolfo, Acevedo, Huila). Roasted and packed in India
Food type
Vegetarian
Packed & marketed by
ANAA Coffee, Andhra Pradesh, India
Consumer care
+91 6302444266 · support@anaacoffee.in · Mon–Sat, 10:00–18:00 IST
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place away from sunlight. Reseal after opening.
Date of manufacture & best before
Best before 6 weeks from the roast date. Current roast: 14 Oct 2026, best before 25 Nov 2026. Each pack shows its own roast and best-before dates.
HSN
0901 21

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