Columbia Fine Coffee-Finca La pradera Grass Manor introduces rainforest certified coffee

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Jose Hernan is the current owner of Finca La Pradera; however, Jose Hernan was not a farmer who owned a large coffee tree in his early years, he was a fruit picker who moved with the harvest season and place. When he came to Finca La Pradera 25 years ago to work as a fruit picker, he worked hard to become the manager of the manor. After 15 years of work and the support of his family, he bought the manor.

Jose, who became the owner, devoted himself to producing boutique coffee and put what he had learned from his father into the coffee industry. From harvester to owner, Jose attaches importance to every production link, trying to develop new honey-treated methods to improve the flavor and quality of raw coffee beans, and care for the natural ecology, reduce the environmental damage caused by the production process, and achieve the concept of sustainable management. With such careful management, Finca La Pradera has the rainforest certification and won the honor of Colombian boutique coffee several times.

Manor: green grass manor

Origin: Dorima

Altitude: 1700 m.

Varieties: Bourbon, Tipica

Treatment: honey treatment, 24-hour fermentation

Sunshine: 13 days

Flavor description:

Washing--

Lemon grass, vanilla, raisins, dried cranberries, cream, caramel.

Honey treatment--

Candied fruit, white peach, dried lemon, white sugar, wine aroma.

Farm (FincA): La pradera

Area: 5ht

Region: Tolima, Herrera

Altitud: 1700 m.s.n.m.

Variety: Bourbon, Tipica

Process: Honey

24 hr cherry fermentation

Sundry: 13 days

Jose Hernan, came to La Pradera as coffee picker 25 years ago, worked in it later as administrator, and as a result of his work for 15 years, finally with the help of his family, he could buy the farm. Since then he has dedicated his job to produce special coffees, and now he is happy to venture into the new honey and natural benefit techniques.

Hern á n remembers to have dedicated himself to work in the coffee industry, his grandfather and his father taught him how to produce it; As a young man,he was a coffee picker and use to move in different departments together with the harvests.

La pradera has the rainforest certification and has been part of the national coffee excellency cup in 2009 and 2015.