This is a cool blend from the main harvest of coffee legend Alejandro Renjifo’s personal farm: Reina de Saba. It is 45% Caturra, 45% V. Colombia, and 10% Gesha. This is our second year working with this coffee, the cup has become more sophisticated and complex as the trees slowly mature. We find a fresh, almost spring-like acidity, ripe cherry, and delicate floral apricot.
45% Caturra, 45% Colombia, 10% Gesha
Santa Monica, San Agustín
1,800 masl
Mitaca; November, 2020
Hand picked at peak ripeness. Floated to further remove defects and depulped on the day of harvest. Dry fermented for 35 hours. Dried on raised beds for 30 days.
ABOUT ALEJANDRO RENJIFO
It is a true honor to have the opportunity to work with this selection from the exporter, producer, and all-around legend Alejandro Renjifo of Fairfield Trading. Alejandro has been one of the most influential contributors to the development of Colombian specialty coffee, and works intimately with some of the best and most well-known producers in Colombia. A few years ago, Alejandro started his own farming project atop San Agustín, in southern Huila. This is the second year his farm has produced an exportable amount of coffee, and the first time we've tasted anything other than Gesha.
ABOUT THIS FIELD BLEND
This is a field blend of two of the main varieties grown in Colombia—V.Colombia and Caturra—as well as one rather unique variety of Gesha. V. Colombia is a Catimor hybrid which gives it high disease resistance as well as high yield. Caturra is a natural mutation from Bourbon, is very susceptible to disease, and is lower yielding but generally produces better cup quality. Gesha was originally collected from the coffee forests of Ethiopia in the 1930's. From there, it was sent to the Lyamungo Research Station in Tanzania, and then brought to Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE) in Central America in the 1953. It is genetically an Ethiopian landrace-type variety, and has become quite famous for its floral notes and exceptional cup quality.
Pricing Details
Farm Gate (Local)
1.5MM COP/CARGA
Farm Gate (USD)
~$4.58/KG
FOB
$7.11/KG
FOT
$9.90/KG
The cost of getting a coffee from cherry to beverage varies enormously depending on its place of origin and the location of its consumption. The inclusion of price transparency is a starting point to inform broader conversation around the true costs of production and the sustainability of specialty coffee as a whole.