Colombia Blend Nariño
The Farm
Cerro Reyes is located in the municipality of La Unión, Nariño. This region of Colombia is known for its coffees with high flavour complexity, good body, acidity and sweetness. It’s warm temperature and cold nights make the cherries ripen slowly on the tree to give a round cup.
This batch is a project of one of our trusted importers called Pequeñas Fincas de Portillas Café. They work in different areas of the region and generally the same process is carried out: washing. By processing the coffee from different producers in the area, they give the opportunity for their coffee to be processed and released to the market. From these batches, a cup comes out that represents the specific taste profile of the Nariño region.
Process
Cherries are harvested at their optimum point of ripeness. They are then taken to the pulper where the skin and pulp are removed. Once this process is complete, the coffee beans with the mucilage attached are taken to the fermentation tanks for 18 to 24 hours.
After this time, the beans are passed through channels to finish removing the mucilage. Afterwards, they are dried in the sun in patios, canopies or hoppers for 12 to 15 days depending on the climate temperature. When the beans have 11% moisture, they are removed and stored in jute sacks to rest until they are taken to the thresher for export.
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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