Colombia
Huila
Arnulfo Rodriguez Acosta, Henry Garcia Viuchi
Rio Negro, Villa Prado
Caturra, Castillo, Colombia
Washed
Year-round
Floral, Caramel, Cherry, Juicy Fruit, Clean
1673 meters
N/A
70kg with liner
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San Adolfo is named for the San Adolfo area in the Acevedo municipality of Huila department in southern Colombia where this coffee was grown. This lot is a blend of coffee from two smallholders’ farms: Arnulfo Rodriguez Acosta’s farm Rio Negro and Henry Garcia Viuchi’s farm Villa Prado.
Finca Rio Negro is located in the Esperanza neighborhood of San Adolfo at 1670masl. Arnulfo grows Caturra, Colombia, and Castillo varieties of coffee and the coffee dry ferments for 36 hours prior to being fully washed then dried in a parabolic dryer for 23-28 days. The climate on the farm is rainy, with temperatures between 14° a 22° C.
Finca Villa Prado is located in the Salado neighborhood of San Adolfo at 1675masl. Henry grows Caturra, Colombia, and Castillo varieties of coffee and the coffee dry ferments for 35 hours prior to being fully washed then dried in a parabolic dryer for 22-26 days. The climate on the farm is rainy, with temperatures between 14° a 22° C.
Coffee farms in San Adolfo are characterized by their positions along the ridges and crests of hills, with sweeping views of the valleys below. Producers take care to fertilize, prune, and carry out farm management practices that preserve healthy land while producing quality coffee.
The Colombian Department of Huila is located in the southern portion of the country where the Central and Eastern ranges of the Andes mountains converge. Huila’s capitol city of Neiva is dry, flat, and desert-like, markedly different from the coffee regions further south.
Centered around the city of Pitalito, Huila’s coffee farms are predominately smallholder owned and over the past ten years have made consorted efforts to produce specialty coffee that reveals the full character of the region’s terroir. Selective manual harvesting, attentive processing, and careful post-harvest sorting all contribute to increasing recognition of the region.
Huila’s Departmental coffee committee, the local connection to the national Colombian Coffee Growers Federation, has invested notable resources into training producers in everything from fertilization to roasting. This, combined with producer enthusiasm, has created a regional culture of quality-focused production.
Huila holds important historic significance dating back to pre-Columbian cultures. The archeological site at San Augustin includes a large number of stone carvings, figures, and artifacts that offer a rare glimpse into the land’s past prior to colonialism.
