{"product_id":"purple-honey-sugar-cane-ferment-colombian-coffee-grown-by-andres-cardona","title":"PRE-ORDER · Purple Honey | Sugar Cane Ferment Colombian Coffee Grown by Andrés Cardona","description":"\u003ch2\u003ePre-order — ships early November 2026\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrown and processed by Andrés Cardona.\u003c\/strong\u003e The boldest of the three, and the one for drinkers who like a coffee that argues back — off \u003cstrong\u003eFinca La Ilusión\u003c\/strong\u003e, Andrés's own eight-hectare farm in Santa Bárbara, Antioquia, the same land as \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/finca-primer-paso\"\u003ePrimer Paso\u003c\/a\u003e, our dedicated hectare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow it's processed\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 96-hour fermentation in closed tanks, with water and \u003cstrong\u003esugar cane honey\u003c\/strong\u003e added to bring the whole mass up to roughly 15% sweetness before it ever starts breaking down. That extra sugar gives the fermentation something to work on, and it pushes the cup deep into wine territory. The coffee is then dried mechanically for control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProducer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Andrés Cardona\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFarm:\u003c\/strong\u003e Finca La Ilusión, Santa Bárbara, Antioquia, Colombia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAltitude:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1,522 masl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVarieties:\u003c\/strong\u003e Castillo \u0026amp; Colombia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProcess:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural, 96-hour sugar cane honey co-ferment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExpected profile:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blueberry, cocoa nib, red wine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA note on this one: it is fermentation-forward and unapologetic about it. If you love a clean washed Colombian, start with Red Sunset instead. If you want the coffee equivalent of a big red wine, this is your bag.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSame trees, three answers\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis harvest was split about evenly three ways. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/luna-azul-black-honey-colombian-coffee-grown-by-andres-cardona\"\u003eLuna Azul\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/red-sunset-semi-washed-colombian-coffee-grown-by-andres-cardona\"\u003eRed Sunset\u003c\/a\u003e, and Purple Honey are the same fruit off the same trees, taken in three completely different directions in the wet mill. Drink all three and you are tasting processing, not terroir. We can't think of a better way to understand what Andrés actually does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrown and processed by Andrés\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndrés farms eight hectares at Finca La Ilusión — the land he moved to when he left the family farm to focus on processing. Needing a mechanical dryer for that move is what led to the trade that gave us the Primer Paso hectare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn \u003cstrong\u003eAugust 14, 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e we committed to every lot from all eight hectares. His largest harvest ever, already picked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe also buys cherry from neighboring farms and processes it on site, and he is very good at it. These lots are different: grown \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e processed by Andrés, on his own trees. When we buy coffee he grew rather than coffee he processed for somebody else, the grower's share and the processor's share both stay with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat we put back\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYear two of our five-year agreement funds an agronomy program run by \u003cstrong\u003eSandra Tamayo\u003c\/strong\u003e, an agricultural engineer who walks the field rows and then cups the results herself. Soil sampling analyzed at the National University of Colombia in Medellín, a nutrition plan, phenological monitoring, harvest forecasting. Every report, score sheet, invoice, and soil test is published on our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/finca-primer-paso\"\u003efarm page\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow pre-orders work — the honest timeline\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe container reaches us in \u003cstrong\u003elate October 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e. Then it needs roasting, and then it needs \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/resting-coffee-after-roasting\"\u003eresting\u003c\/a\u003e — coffee is better several days off the roaster than it is on day one, and we are not going to ship you something that hasn't settled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRealistically, that puts a bag in your hands in \u003cstrong\u003eearly November\u003c\/strong\u003e. You're charged at checkout, and we'll email you the roast date before it ships. If anything slips at origin or in customs, we'll tell you rather than leave you wondering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore on unusual fermentations in \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/exotic-coffee-processing-methods\"\u003eexotic coffee processing methods\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Roasted Record Coffee Shop \u0026 Roaster - Stuart Florida","offers":[{"title":"Whole Bean \/ 12 oz","offer_id":49111795138745,"sku":null,"price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0947\/8802\/files\/purple-honey-preorder-v2.png?v=1789071999","url":"https:\/\/www.roastedrecord.com\/products\/purple-honey-sugar-cane-ferment-colombian-coffee-grown-by-andres-cardona","provider":"The Roasted Record Coffee Shop \u0026 Roaster - Stuart Florida","version":"1.0","type":"link"}