Colombia La Pradeira

Honey, Orange, Maple Syrup

The farm is situated near the Chicamocha Canyon—the second largest canyon in the world. The canyon creates a unique and favorable microclimate for coffee production, with warm air currents during the day and cool breezes and rainfall at night. Coffee flowers here January–March, with harvest happening during the September–February months.

Today, the La Pradera family farm is joined by 8 other farms, a QC lab, and wet and dry mills as part of the La Pradera coffee company. The quality control laboratory houses a team of certified professionals headed up by Luis Alfredo Archila. The wet mill and dry mill include state-of-the-art equipment, including an eco-washer, a pre-drying deck, and both solar and mechanical dryers. In total, Hacienda La Pradera employs 15 permanent employees and 172 seasonal employees, including 30 women—22 of whom operate the Manos de Mujer certified Finca Santa Maria.

Processing at La Pradera, managed by Oscar’s brother Hector Daza Jr., includes a variety of fermentation and drying combinations using both aerobic and anaerobic processes, including Washed, Natural, and Honey coffees. The operation is also an experimental farm for local and international coffee equipment companies, who test new technologies in specialty coffee production with the La Pradera team.

Roasters Notes:

Sweet, juicy and balanced, the basics of any good coffee and this one delivers. Depending on the right timing past roast, there will be an ever so subtle but elegant floral undertone that accompanies the whole cup. A great test for your brewing process

Area: Santander

Process: Washed

Variety: Typica

Altitude: 1700 meters

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