FARM : La Esperanza
REGION : Santuario, Risaralda
ALTITUDE : 1750 MASL
VARIETAL : Pink Bourbon
PROCESS : Honey
La Esperanza is a family affair. When José Navor moved to Santuario in 1998 with his wife and 7 kids, they bought a family farm in Vereda Cominal at 1900 meters above sea level. The family eventually bought a second farm at 1750m called La Esperanza, with the vision of creating a project centred around specialty coffee where José Navor (73) can work on his own terms. José Navor has around 30000 trees, mainly Castillo and a few other varieties, among them Pink Bourbon and Geisha. Following the advice of his son Edier, José Navor now focusses entirely on optimising his production, designing processes, and manipulating fermentation recipes, as well as following through with attentively managed drying to produce specialty lots with excellent results in the cup. This Pink Bourbon Honey, picked from less than 1000 trees, is his pride and joy.
As the fourth largest country in South America, and the third largest coffee producer in the world, there is no mistaking Colombia’s presence in not only scale, but also skill. The country offers a landscape of contrasts; mountains, forests, coastlines, and micro-climates that work to produce some of the world’s most recognisable coffee.
Once the world’s largest producer of washed coffees, Colombia has had to re-energise the coffee sector after a 2009 case of Leaf Rust decimate much of the production. Thanks to large investment, disease resistant varietals of coffee trees have been planted, and volume has increased from a low of around 7.5million bags to over 12 million in 5 years. Colombia used to produce only washed Arabica coffee, from three main geographical areas trisected by the Andes mountain range. Regional coffees have become increasingly popular and are demonstrable of the distinct flavour profiles available throughout the nation. Coffees are typically mild bodied (hence the categorising term ‘Colombia Milds’), with crisp acidity and citric sweetness.
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