The "ber "months have always been Filipinos most favorite time of year. November to January is coffee harvest season, and it's Christmastime!! The season of giving and the happiest time of the year!
Harvest
season comes only once a year, starting in November and ending in January so
imagine how the coffee farmers feel when the coffees they have nurtured all
year round start to ripen and are ready to be picked. 2019 National Barista
Champ and President and CEO of Henry & Sons, Michael Harris Conlin, have
been in the coffee industry for over two decades, and he found out that working
with partner farmers during harvest season is the most enjoyable and satisfying
way to enjoy the love for coffee.
This year,
Conlin decided to bring his 10 year old son Dylan to learn more about coffee
and help around the farm. Since Dylan was a toddler, he has always been
fascinated with coffee. There were times when Dylan would take part in his
father’s brewing routine. So this year, Conlin wanted to show him how coffee is
picked and processed at its origin. He wanted him to appreciate the hard work
of the coffee farmers and take part in giving Sitio Hartwell in Itogon
Benguet’s 24 children and families, Henry & Sons long-time partner farmers
food and treats for Christmas.
Being around
the coffee farming community, one can feel the energy and excitement of the
farmers. Harvest season is hard work. Farmers worked nonstop processing,
cleaning the coffees ready for drying, receiving, grading, and pulping coffee
cherries. Coffee on the drying bed must be rolled and moved every three hours
to ensure it dries evenly.
Most of this
year's Sitio Hartwel harvest has been pre-booked and will be shipped to great
coffee roasters in Australia, Canada, UAE, and the UK.
This year
Henry & Sons focused on three post-harvest processing techniques: sashed
process, the company’s signature CM natural process, and a new experimental
process launching in April 2023.
Conlin
shared, “We found that by creating customized processing methodologies for
Sitio Hartwel, we can bring out the full potential of the coffees and give the
coffee farmers more value for their coffees.”
Sitio
Hartwel, Itogon Benguet was an old mining community Henry and Sons adopted in 2018.
After five years, the town is now a world-renowned, award-winning coffee
farming community. The community has over sixty backyard farmers who can
produce approximately 2 tons of coffee cherries annually.
For more
information on these coffees, visit www.thevault.ph and www.henryandsons.
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