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Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Edinson Argote - Advanced Natural Gesha; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Edinson Argote - Advanced Natural Gesha; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇨🇴Colombia · Huila

Edinson Argote - Advanced Natural Gesha

Roasted by Black & White Coffee RoastersRoaster's website
INOCULATED FERMENTATION
TagsColombiaHuilaGeshaNaturalLight roastCherryOrangeRoseMangoArabicaSingle originBlack & White Coffee RoastersOwned by FairWave Specialty Coffee CollectiveSmallholder collective lot
🇨🇴ColombiaNaturalGeshaLight roast
Brand
Black & White Coffee Roasters
Who owns the brand
A mid-size coffee group — FairWave Specialty Coffee Collective
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇨🇴Colombia
Region
Huila
Town
Timaná
Farm / Station
—
Farmer / Producer
Edinson Argote (processor); cherries sourced in Oporapa
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Gesha
Process
Roast
Light
Tasting notes
Cherry Popsicle, Orange Blossom, Roses, Mango Sorbet, Chocolate Bon Bon
Fermentation
72-hour whole-cherry natural fermentation; 12 days partial drying to 20% humidity; four-day rehydration with proprietary beer-and-wine yeast; second stainless-steel fermentation of undisclosed duration
Drying
Raised beds for 12 days to about 20% humidity, then raised beds again after rehydration and yeast fermentation until 10–12% moisture
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • farmBlack & White says the cherries were sourced in Oporapa but does not name the contributing farm or farms; La Quebradita is therefore not attached to this coffee.
  • gradeThe exact sources do not publish a standardized green-coffee grade.
  • second fermentation durationThe roaster describes the stainless-steel fermentation but does not disclose its duration.
  • harvestNo harvest date or crop-year statement was verified for this exact release.
  • roast dateNo bag-specific roast date was verified.
  • package sizeThe first-party product and archive pages do not expose the selected package weight associated with the archived starting price, so no bag size is stored.
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The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

Every link we could verify, traced in one place. Follow the chain as far as it goes — when the industry doesn't disclose a link, we say so instead of guessing.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    Edinson Argote - Advanced Natural Gesha
  2. 02
    The brand
    Black & White Coffee Roasters
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Black & White Coffee Roasters
  4. 04
    The variety
    Gesha
  5. 05
    The farm
    Not disclosed
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Edinson Argote (processor); cherries sourced in Oporapa
  7. 07
    The region
    Huila
  8. 08
    The country
    🇨🇴Colombia
From the producer

Edinson Argote processed this lot at his Timaná facility. Black & White explicitly says the Gesha trees at La Quebradita were not yet ready, so the cherries for this release were sourced in Oporapa; the source farms are not named.

From the roaster

Black & White Coffee Roasters presents this as a light, funky-profile advanced natural with cherry, floral, tropical-fruit and chocolate notes.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

An unusually elaborate yeast-inoculated natural: partially dried cherries were rehydrated, inoculated with a proprietary beer-and-wine yeast, fermented again in stainless steel, and returned to raised beds.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Float and ferment

Whole cherries were floated to remove defects, then naturally fermented for 72 hours.

02
Partially dry

The cherries spent 12 days on raised beds, or until they reached about 20% humidity.

03
Rehydrate and inoculate

They were rehydrated for four days with a proprietary beer-and-wine yeast.

04
Ferment and finish drying

The coffee fermented again in stainless-steel tanks for an undisclosed duration, then returned to raised beds until 10–12% moisture.

What was added?

A proprietary beer-and-wine yeast was intentionally introduced during rehydration.

What wasn't added?

Black & White does not disclose fruit, spices, flavor extracts or artificial flavoring. Independent drinkers questioned the intensity, but those comments are not evidence of undisclosed additives.

Why it matters

Rehydration and a second inoculated fermentation can produce a much louder aromatic profile than a conventional natural process.

What you might taste

Black & White lists cherry popsicle, orange blossom and roses, mango sorbet, and chocolate bon bon.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.blackwhiteroasters.com/products/r-edinson-argote-advanced-natural-gesha
Coffee profile

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

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What the internet is saying about this coffee

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