About the coffee
- Cupping notes: Balanced acidity, creamy body, sweet, with notes of honey, milk chocolate, and plum
- Cultivation: Shade-grown in the foothills of the Andes (Cordillera Oriental) in the northern part of the department of Huila
- Varieties: Castillo, Caturra, Gesha
- Elevation: 5,700 feet
- Processing: Washed, mechanically-dried
About the people who grow it
Photos: Jennifer Poole, Pixabay.com
This Colombian coffee comes from a family-owned Colombia-based operation run by two brothers, Yonatan and Julián González, who established Cuatro Vientos (“Four Winds”) in 2018, in order to help small-holder Colombian farmers access the specialty coffee market in the United States. Seeking to build on their family’s long-standing relationships to coffee farmers, their business name is a tribute to their late parents and bears the moniker of the farm where their father grew up: Finca Cuatro Vientos (Four Winds Farm).
They operate two collection centers in the north and south of the Huila region with alternating harvest periods, providing access to exceptional coffees all year round. They also run a roastery and coffee shop in their hometown of Neiva, in order to better understand the whole range of the coffee business.
This lot, Algeciras, is named for a small town in the north of Huila. The coffee is a blend from a group of small producers that used to be members of the guerillas. The average size of the farms is 6 hectares, where they de-pulp and dry-mill the coffee cherries to the parchment stage, which allows more control over the process, contributing to the result of an exceptional coffee.
Colombia is renowned for producing mild and well-balanced beans. To all Colombians, coffee is a source of pride and identity beyond the tabloids and bad news about the country and its people. Producers in Huila are almost 100% smallholder families. Most live on small farms or plots with coffee crops that do not exceed 2 hectares. This results in a diversity of varieties and processes, high social and environmental impact, and quality over quantity.
The Huila region is nestled in the slopes of the eastern range of the Andes mountains. The valley itself lies at nearly 4,500 feet above sea level. The soil is volcanic, providing lots of organic nutrients for this high altitude coffee.
They operate two collection centers in the north and south of the Huila region with alternating harvest periods, providing access to exceptional coffees all year round. They also run a roastery and coffee shop in their hometown of Neiva, in order to better understand the whole range of the coffee business.
This lot, Algeciras, is named for a small town in the north of Huila. The coffee is a blend from a group of small producers that used to be members of the guerillas. The average size of the farms is 6 hectares, where they de-pulp and dry-mill the coffee cherries to the parchment stage, which allows more control over the process, contributing to the result of an exceptional coffee.
Colombia is renowned for producing mild and well-balanced beans. To all Colombians, coffee is a source of pride and identity beyond the tabloids and bad news about the country and its people. Producers in Huila are almost 100% smallholder families. Most live on small farms or plots with coffee crops that do not exceed 2 hectares. This results in a diversity of varieties and processes, high social and environmental impact, and quality over quantity.
The Huila region is nestled in the slopes of the eastern range of the Andes mountains. The valley itself lies at nearly 4,500 feet above sea level. The soil is volcanic, providing lots of organic nutrients for this high altitude coffee.