Fruity & Floral -Colombia, Ortega, Agrario

100% Colombia, Ortega, Agrario

VARIETALS: Colombia

PROCESSING:  Washed

ALTITUDE: 1700

FRUITY & FLORAL

Taste notes: Tamarind, plums, apple and biscuit  

These exceptional coffees are produced by expert growers who put in a lot of effort during special harvests, demonstrating their patience and passion and hard work.

Café Agrario is an association of producers from Ortega in Tolima. 

The coffee from this association is processed as fully washed coffee since drying the coffee in their climate is particularly difficult and the farm extensions of the growers here are larger than in most places of Colombia due to the armed conflict. Since the guerrilla presence was so big in the area, people would sell their land very cheap, implying that the people that stayed hace large extensions (5-40 hectares).

The growers float the coffee to get rid of unwanted material and void coffee beans, then pulp the coffee and let it fermenting overnight for 16-20 hours depending on the weather, to the wash it extensively before taking it to the parabolic solar dryers that are used for 8-12 days to dry the coffee to 10.5%.

The biggest challenge the growers in the area face is lack of knowledge and limited communication since they are very far away from any nearby town. Hence, the workshops from Siruma have been very useful for them to acquire new knowledge and have a big progress in their quality and moisture control.