Making Coffee with Lucia Solis

#38:Reverse Engineering a $5 Castillo in Colombia w/ Lucas, Felipe & Jose


Listen Later

Today's episode features Lucas, a Patron and exporter with Unblended who sold a Kombucha coffee. I invited him and the producers he works with, Felipe and Jose to talk about their experience reverse engineering a $5 castillo. They started with the end goal in mind, the picked the price, the flavor profile they wanted and then created a process to hit their target.

In this episode you'll hear from 3 passionate coffee professionals about:

  • What a successful relationship looks like between producers and exporters
  • The true cost of experimenting, 80 kilos vs 1 ton
  • The price the farmer gets vs the roaster price
  • Their exact process: preparing and caring for the kombucha SCOBY
  • Their tracking: ph values and number of fermentation hours

Support the show on Patreon to join our live Discord hangouts.

And if you don't want to commit, show your support here with a one time contribution: PayPal

Sign up for the newsletter for behind the scenes pictures.

Cover Art by: Nick Hafner
Intro song: Elijah Bisbee

Contact:
For special collaborations, samples, or inquiries about USA and HK on-spot inventory from Felipe, Jose and UVI: https://www.unblended.coffee/ or through Instagram: @Unblendedcoffee

For connecting, learning more, or suggesting experimentation ideas: Instagram: @Ventolacoffee and @joalherb

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Making Coffee with Lucia SolisBy Lucia

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

58 ratings


More shows like Making Coffee with Lucia Solis

View all
This American Life by This American Life

This American Life

90,380 Listeners

99% Invisible by Roman Mars

99% Invisible

26,114 Listeners

Gastropod by Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Gastropod

3,551 Listeners

Hidden Brain by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

Hidden Brain

43,343 Listeners

The Coffee Podcast by The Coffee Podcast

The Coffee Podcast

123 Listeners

Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders by Chris Deferio

Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

244 Listeners

The Dave Chang Show by The Ringer

The Dave Chang Show

8,346 Listeners

This Is TASTE by Aliza Abarbanel & Matt Rodbard

This Is TASTE

256 Listeners

Filter Stories - Coffee Documentaries by James Harper

Filter Stories - Coffee Documentaries

87 Listeners

Tim Wendelboe Podcast by timwendelboe

Tim Wendelboe Podcast

11 Listeners

The Rest Is History by Goalhanger

The Rest Is History

12,328 Listeners

The Rest Is Politics by Goalhanger

The Rest Is Politics

3,101 Listeners

The News Agents by Global

The News Agents

993 Listeners

The Science of Coffee by James Harper

The Science of Coffee

19 Listeners

The News Agents - USA by Global

The News Agents - USA

389 Listeners