{"id":1672,"date":"2026-10-01T21:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T21:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intermission.coffee\/shop\/?post_type=product&p=1672"},"modified":"2026-10-08T20:09:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T20:09:17","slug":"a-midsummer-nights-dream-anaerobic-natural-chiroso-colombia-100g-glass-jar","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.intermission.coffee\/shop\/product\/a-midsummer-nights-dream-anaerobic-natural-chiroso-colombia-100g-glass-jar\/","title":{"rendered":"A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, Anaerobic Natural Chiroso, Colombia (100g glass jar)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Producers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coffee has been part of Wilder Lazo\u2019s family life for as long as he can remember. His\u00a0father, Don Segundo Lazo, passed down years of knowledge\u2014how to care for the\u00a0land, how to grow coffee, and how to respect the work behind every harvest.<\/p>\n

But Wilder didn\u2019t follow the typical path. Instead of going straight into coffee, he\u00a0became a veterinarian, and later earned a Master\u2019s in Genetics. For a long time, he\u00a0saw coffee as a hard crop with low rewards. Like many people who grew up around\u00a0it, he mostly associated it with one thing: bitterness.<\/p>\n

That changed in 2015, when Wilder travelled to El Salvador for work and found\u00a0himself at Finca Los Pirineos, helping care for cattle owned by Don Gilberto Baraona,\u00a0the producer and former owner of the farm. One day, after finishing work, Don\u00a0Gilberto invited him for a coffee. Wilder politely declined. He didn\u2019t really drink coffee,\u00a0and he didn\u2019t expect anything special from it.<\/p>\n

Then something happened that stayed with him.\u00a0Don Gilberto brewed a cup for himself, and as the coffee filled the air, Wilder
\nstopped. The aroma was completely different from what he thought coffee could\u00a0smell like\u2014sweet, clean, inviting. It caught his attention so much that he changed his\u00a0mind and asked for a cup.\u00a0That moment became a turning point: it was the best coffee Wilder had tasted up to
\nthat point, and it opened his eyes to a new possibility\u2014coffee could be beautiful, and\u00a0it could be worth building a future around.<\/p>\n

When Wilder returned to Colombia, he looked at his family\u2019s coffee with new\u00a0curiosity. He gathered seeds from their farms and sent them for genetic testing,\u00a0wanting to understand exactly what they had. When the results came back, he\u00a0realised something important: if he wanted to create truly exceptional cups, he\u00a0needed to upgrade the genetic material on the farm.<\/p>\n

Wilder stayed in touch with Don Gilberto and, through that relationship, secured\u00a0seeds from Finca Los Pirineos\u2014including the rare Maragogipe. And thanks to Don\u00a0Gilberto\u2019s support, Wilder also gained access to a small number of Geisha seeds from\u00a0a renowned Hacienda in Panama.<\/p>\n

Today, Wilder and his family grow authentically high-quality coffee at his fincas in\u00a0San Adolfo, Huila, located between 1,450 and 2,000 masl. Their farms have the right\u00a0conditions for growing high-quality coffee, which has made Wilder and his family a\u00a0name known at the world’s best coffee roasteries today.<\/p>\n

Chiroso Varietal<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2014, this variety gained major attention after winning the Colombian Cup of\u00a0Excellence. Wilder immediately saw its potential and knew it could become an\u00a0important addition to his portfolio. He secured seeds from the winning farm and,\u00a0using his knowledge of genetics, began a careful selection process\u2014improving the\u00a0seed stock generation after generation, always keeping only the strongest and most
\npromising plants.<\/p>\n

Today, this Chiroso is grown by Wilder\u2019s brother, Heiner Lasso, at Finca La Dinast\u00eda in\u00a0San Adolfo, Huila. Over the years, it has become one of the most exciting coffees in\u00a0the family\u2019s portfolio, appreciated by leading roasteries for its clarity, elegance, and\u00a0complexity.<\/p>\n

In 2025, Heiner\u2019s Chiroso (washed) reached Asia through auction, selling for $30 per\u00a0pound and scoring 90+ points, a clear sign of the quality and potential this variety\u00a0has achieved under the Lasso family\u2019s care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cup: Blueberries, Earl Grey, Kiwi, Stone Fruit, Complex
\nOrigin: Huila, Colombia
\nFarmer: Heiner Lazo
\nVarietal: Chiroso
\nProcess: Anaerobic Natural. Drying post washing.
\nAltitude: 1,400 MASL
\nImporter: Los Cafes Del Arriero<\/p>\n

Brewing<\/strong><\/p>\n

This coffee has been roasted to a low weight loss and performs best with longer extraction times. Despite being Anaerobic the coffee processing isn’t too high, and it behaves more like a Honey.\u00a0For example when cupping, the coffee really shines after some minutes in the bowl. Brewers like the Hario Switch where you can immerse the coffee and still get clarity through the paper filter are our preference.<\/p>\n

For best results we recommend purchasing whole bean and grinding fresh before brewing. If you don’t have a grinder, we can grind to your preferred brewing method prior to shipping.<\/p>\n

SHIPPING & DISPATCH:<\/p>\n

We roast Monday & Tuesday. Orders are shipped every Wednesday. Orders must be placed by midnight on Monday for same week dispatch. We ship via Royal Mail tracked 48<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1676,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[21,15,22,20],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1672","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-espresso","7":"product_cat-everything","8":"product_cat-filter","9":"product_cat-intermission-coffee","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"featured","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-variable"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intermission.coffee\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intermission.coffee\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intermission.coffee\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intermission.coffee\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intermission.coffee\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intermission.coffee\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=1672"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intermission.coffee\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1672"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intermission.coffee\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}