La Guadua - Colombia | Washed, Geisha Lot #1 [Filter]

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Processing: Washed
Varietal: Geisha
Region: Buenos Aires, Norino
Farm: La Guadua
Altitude: 2100+Masl

PRODUCER'S DETAILS

Jimmy is originally from the municipality of La Union, Nariño, but has lived in San Pedro de Cartago, in the north of the department of Nariño, for approximately 35 years. Jimmy is the second generation of coffee growers in his family. He began farming in 2005, continuing the family legacy and initially planting traditional varieties. The farm's name comes from the large amount of guadua (a type of bamboo used in carpentry) that grows on the land.

FARM'S DETAILS

In 2010, the farm began seeking innovation and new market trends by starting to plant varieties that were not common at that time, such as Typica, Geisha, Yellow Bourbon, Pink Bourbon, Maragogype, and Laurina. In 2016, he ventured into the specialty coffee world, starting as a quality analyst and cupper in a family cooperative located in the municipality of Buesaco. In 2020, he started his own production, processing, and commercialization of specialty coffees. Currently, he has 12 hectares, all dedicated to coffee cultivation, with approximately 40,000 trees. The productive focus of the farm is primarily on searching for new sensory profiles through experimentation and the application of innovative postharvest processing techniques.

LOCATION`S DETAILS

La Guadua farm is located in the municipality of San Pedro de Cartago (1°33′05″N 77°07′08″O), in the village of Buenos Aires, at an average altitude of 2100 meters above sea level. In Cartago, summers are short and hot; winters are short and comfortable and it is oppressive, wet and cloudy throughout the year. During the course of the year, the temperature generally varies from 20 °C to 29 °C and rarely drops below 19 °C or rises above 31 °C.

OTHER DETAILS

Likewise, thanks to the possibilities that Jimmy has had to work in companies dedicated to specialty coffee, as an analyst and taster, he has been able to venture into the planting of new varieties and apply unconventional processing processes, which have allowed him to differentiate and position the coffee from his farm. It has participated in national and regional events; in 2018, it participated in the Cup of Excellence , ranking among the top 30 lots of the event. In 2023, it participated in a regional competition of the Copa de Mi Nariño y Tierra de la Diversidad, where it took second place with a Geisha variety lot and washed process.

Note: Bamboo, Golden Star Fruit, Honey, Rosemary