Coffee Information
The growing region in La Plata where this coffee is from, sits high above the Rio Paéz, on a ridge across from another coffee area, Inzá. This is a single-producer lot, part of a new group who have formed in this region. Señor Trujillo's farm, El Guayabo, sits at 2000 meters above sea level, and is roughly 3 hectares planted in both Caturra and Variedad Colombia. The coffee is processed onsite using a small pulping machine, fermenting the coffee for about 14 hours to remove the sticky mucilage layer, and then drying on raised beds in covered "parabolicos" (green house structures that help facilitate even drying). This is the third lot we've purchased from Trujillo, who has become somewhat of the model grower to this La Plata association due to the exemplary quality of both physical green and cup quality. And visiting his farm, his focus on coffee quality is clear when seeing the care he's put into his newly built raised drying beds, cleanliness of processing equipment, and commitment to careful cherry selection. We purchased all 11 bags from this main harvest.
 
This is another super sweet coffee with pear-like brightness that cuts through. Pear and apple flavors resonate throughout the cup. A rindy orange peel flavor comes into focus as the temperature dips, followed closely by a flavor of honey-sweetened chamomile tea.