Colombia Huila La Plata AA – *51421* – 24960 – GrainPro Bags – SPOT RCWHSE

Position Spot

Bags 0

Warehouses Oakland

Flavor Profile cranberry, tangerine, chocolate brownie

Please Note This coffee landed more than 8 months ago.

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About this coffee

Grower

Yaqueline Hernández Alban, Arcenio Hernández, Isabela Hernández, Misael Quintero, Luis Enrique Oidor, and Ferney Cunacue

Altitude

1400 - 1850 masl

Variety

Castillo, Caturra, Colombia, and Typica

Soil

Clay minerals

Region

La Plata, Huila, Colombia

Process

Fully washed, fermented for 24 hours and dried inside solar dryers that provide protection from the rain

Harvest

October - February

Certification

Conventional

Coffee Background

Coffee cultivation from small family owned farms is the backbone of production in Colombia.  Banexport, a Colombian export company, works directly with many of these producers who have a shared commitment for exquisite coffee processing, and loving care for their farms and the environment. Banexport helps producers gain access to technical support regarding best practices for farm management, processing the harvest, and cupping feedback, which helps producers improve the quality of their coffee.  The model of collaborative effort produces traceable community blends with vibrant regional profiles. This lot comes from 6 producers (Yaqueline Hernandez Alban, Arcenio Hernandez, Isabela Hernandez, Misael Quintero, Luis Enrique Oidor, and Ferney Cunacue) with small farms in the municipality of La Plata within the department of Huila. With guidance from Banexport each producer follows the same post-harvest protocols, which allows for consistent blending from their respective farms. Each producer focuses on selective picking, then floats the cherries to remove damaged and underdeveloped beans, depulps to remove the skin and ferments 24 hours to remove the mucilage when washing the coffee seeds.  The wet parchment is dried to 11 percent moisture over a period of 10 days on raised beds. After processing, Banexport provides crucial logistical support for things like warehousing and milling coffee for export to the international market, which provides better income for everyone to reinvest in their farms and strengthen their families’ livelihoods.