Colombia - Finca El Porvenir "Caturra" 250g

by Koppi

Flavour notes: Dark Chocolate, Caramel, Berries Farm: Finca el PorvenirCultivar: Caturra Producer: Sandra Milena Mora Hector CoyOrigin: Palestina, Huila, COAltitude: 1750 - 1850maslProcess: 36 - 48 h wet fermentation, dried on raised bedsThe farm El Porvenir is found in the heart of the region Palestina in southern Huila, Colombia. The farm is run by Sandra Milena Mora and her husband Hector and they bought it back in 2006. They own 12 hectares but only produce coffee on 5 of them leaving the rest as a natural reserve. On the 5 hectares they have around 20.000 caturra trees, 4000 Tabi trees and 300 young Pink Bourbon trees. Out of the 18.000 Caturra trees they found 2 that are resistant to leaf rust. The past 3 years they have taken seeds from these 2 trees and now they have around 3000 new resistant Caturra trees on the farm. They haven’t yet come up with a name for the new variety but at the moment they call it Caturra Mejorado. The coffee is organically grown with no chemical fert