DARK BLUEBERRIES, RED CURRANTS, LIME CITRUS WITH A RICH CREAMY MALTY DARK CHOCOLATE AND CHERRY FINISH.

Luisa Guaragna is a 69 year old coffee producer who deep roots and love for coffee, due to it being a family tradition that has kept the members together and reminds her of her childhood. She has been growing coffee for 40 years and she bought the farm from her mother and the plantation has always grown coffee. During certain periods they introduced alternative crop such as lulo, beans and corn. However, the farm was abandoned for 5 years because of insecurity matters and the presence of armed groups in the area. However Luisa with her strong connection to coffee farming and family traditions would not lose what is so ingrained in her heritage. We bring to you today this beautiful Natural Castillo varietal coming out of the region of Sierra Nevada in the village of San Javier from Luisa Guaragna. Upon cupping it held rich creamy malty dark chocolate, lime citrus, dark blueberries, red currants, cherry finish.Colombian Coffee took a hit as far as gross production numbers due to Covid 19. Colombia is predicted to produce about 14 Million bags of coffee this year. Almost 50% of Colombia’s Coffee goes to the USA. One interesting fact of Covid is that Colombia is now resorting to more speciality coffee picking styles due to a shortage of labour. Colombian coffee is about 70% produced on smallhold farms of less than 5ha