Pablo Guerrero (Hacienda El Obraje)

Description

Region: Nariño, Colombia

Producer: Pablo Guerrero // El Obraje

Varietal: Gesha

Process: Washed: 20hrs held in cherry, then fully depulped and washed before undergoing a short secondary fermentation underwater

Tasting notes: Mango, starfruit, meyer lemon

Producer info and cup notes:

Pablo Guerrero's farm, El Obraje in Tangua just outside of Pasto, has been in his family for many years and originally began as a wheat farm. In the 1990s, the Colombian government began importing wheat, crashing the price of domestic production. During the search for a more profitable crop, Pablo planted the first coffee trees on El Obraje in the year 2000, the very first of his neighbors to do so. In 2009, Pablo built his very own wet mill and processing facility at El Obraje where he began pursuing quality improvements and selling specialty coffee. From there, he began doing fermentation experiments, producing everything from traditional naturals and washed to anaerobic and held in cherry lots. This particular washed gesha lot was a very simple process, with just 20 hours held in cherry prior to depulping and having a secondary short underwater fermentation.

The resulting cup profile is bursting with an array of tropical fruits like mango and starfruit, with lovely citric undertones of meyer lemon and lime peel. A slight lemonbalm florality creeps in on the edges and lingers long after the cup is finished.

Source: Apex Coffee

Text from Shoebox Coffee's listing.