Colombia — Pablo Andres Guerrero Hacienda El Obraje Caturra (Washed)

Tastes Like — 🍏 Green Apple • 🍊 Orange • 🍬 Candy-like

DETAILS

• Producer: Pablo Andres Guerrero
• Farm: Hacienda El Obraje
• Region: Nariño, Colombia
• Varietal: Caturra
• Process: Washed
• Altitude: 2200 MASL
• Size: 250g

INTRO

Pablo Guerrero was the first to introduce coffee to the Tangua area outside of the city of Pasto in the year 2000. Hacienda El Obraje has been in Pablo's family for many years and originally produced wheat and other grains.

THE PRODUCER

When Pablo first began planting coffee in 2000, he grew traditional, conventional coffee and did not have a mill. By 2009, he had built a facility to process his own coffee and entered into the specialty coffee market. His experiments continued; he planted new varieties and processed Natural as well as Washed coffees. Planting coffee was initially risky because he was unsure how productive coffee would be at such a high elevation, but the coffee trees flourished and now others are following in his footsteps.

The climate and terrain of Obraje are major contributing factors to its coffee's unique cup profile. Temperatures vary greatly in a day, from 32 degrees Celsius at noon to 8 degrees or less at night. Obraje is located near many volcanic mountains and the rocky soil is filled with minerals. The hundred-hectare Hacienda El Obraje is a truly stunning property in the mountains of the Nariño department, with coffee planted on the slopes descending to a river valley.

THE PROCESS

The Washed process at Hacienda El Obraje involves:

• 🍒 Cherry Selection — Harvested and processed immediately after picking
• 🔧 De-Pulping — Mechanical removal using on-site depulping equipment
• 💧 Fermentation — Traditional wet fermentation in tile tanks
• 🚿 Washing — Thorough washing in clean water
• ☀️ Mechanical & Raised Bed Drying — Dried using mechanical oven dryers and raised beds under a solar dryer

El Obraje's wet mill on the property is extremely tidy, with processing beginning as soon as the cherries are harvested to preserve the coffee's complex, bright characteristics.

THE CUP

This coffee is complex and bright with notes of green apple, orange and has a candy-like profile. The dramatic day-to-night temperature swings and mineral-rich volcanic soil of Obraje combine to create this distinctive cup character, a testament to Pablo's pioneering spirit in bringing specialty coffee to the Tangua area.

Flavour Notes

• 🍏 Green Apple
• 🍊 Orange
• 🍬 Candy-like