Colombia Tablón de Gómez
The Cooperative
This batch has been grown and processed by small producers from the Tablón de Gómez locality, in the Nariño region; a region known for its high-quality micro lots. They take their coffees to the Nariño Specialty Coffee Cooperative, which was founded in 2012 by a group of 25 coffee growers from the municipality of Buesaco. The main reason they had for founding the cooperative was to improve the way in which coffee was marketed and because of their concern for the well-being of coffee growers.
To improve all this: they have created competitions in the different municipalities of the area to encourage small coffee growers and motivate them to grow their coffees better. On the other hand, they have improved payments to improve the infrastructure of the farms.
Process Method
This batch is washed. The cherries are harvested selectively and only those that are at their ripening point are selected. Once they are picked from the tree, they are taken to the pulper where the floats are removed. Then, to remove the mucilage adhering to the grain, they are placed in fermentation tanks for approximately 12 hours.
Once this time has passed, they are taken to elevated pallets for drying. As the climate in Nariño is very humid, they are left to dry for approximately 25 days to reach 11% humidity.
Origin
Nariño is the southernmost province of Colombia, bordered by Ecuador and home to thousands of small coffee producing families. The three chains of Andean mountains of Colombia converge in Nariño, presenting ideal altitudes and fertile soils for the production of high Arabica. It is necessary to emphasize that its rough slopes allow that, in a relatively short distance, different temperatures occur during the day.
This peculiarity presents different local eco-climates and microclimates that give suitable conditions for coffee cultivation in terms of availability of water, temperature, solar radiation and wind regime. Its proximity to the equator, about 1 degree to the north, makes warm and humid winds from the bottom of the valleys rise at night, allowing coffee to rise to heights reaching extreme altitudes, some more than 2.300 meters above sea level!
This area of production presents solar radiation of 1.660 hours on average during the year, rain cycles of 1.860 mm, soils with a high content of organic matter that make possible the cultivation of coffee at great heights and temperatures on average of 19°C. Most of the farms have shade, certifications of sustainability and much appreciation, respect and love for nature.
The particular geography of Nariño and its proximity to coastal and land borders has historically transformed it into a corridor for illicit trade routes, resulting in unjustified violence against the residents of remote mountain farms.Nowadays, thanks to the particularly resilient and intrepid spirit of Nariño coffee growers, the small region is a respected nucleus in coffee innovation.
Salvador Sans participated as judge in the 8th edition of the Cup of Excellence of Colombia held in San Juan de Pastos, in Nariño – 2010. He is pleased to confirm that his personal assessment matched with the verdict of the jury and his favourite coffees were prized with the distinction “Presidential Awards”. If you would like to know more about this region Salvador has more details about his Nariño trip in Cafés el Magnífico blog.
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