Wilton Benitez - Thermal Shock Decaf

MEET THE PRODUCER | Wilton Benitez has over twenty-six years of experience as a coffee producer, the majority of which have been spent focusing solely on specialty coffee. However, "coffee grower" isn't exactly what Wilton thought he wanted to be when he grew up. He spent his collegiate years studying engineering and subsequently spent many years working as a trained chemical engineer before making the (huge) career leap over to coffee.
Wilton eventually opted to redirect his scientific expertise toward his lifelong passion for cultivating coffee, and nowadays he's the owner of an innovative coffee company in the Cauca region of Colombia called Granja Paraíso 92. Both the company and Wilton himself are renowned for growing unique coffee varietals and for pioneering new methods of coffee processing in the region. The farm has pioneered advanced and innovative systems which were previously unknown in Cauca and also features its very own processing plant, microbiology lab, and quality control lab.
Chemical-engineer-turned-coffee-pioneer may not have been a part of young Wilton's plan all those years ago, but processing triumphs like this one are a delicious testament to his success in the endeavor.
TRUST THE PROCESS | This coffee follows a similar thermal shock protocol to the other Wilton Benitez feature on our menu, complete with two of everything: two rounds of sterilization, two rounds of fermentation, and a thorough double-rinsing with warm - and then decidedly chilly - water.