Introduction to Hope Estate in Cauca Valley Province, Colombia: What are the characteristics of Hope Estate Rose Summer Coffee?

Recently, Qianjie bought a sunny rose summer coffee bean from Hope Manor in Colombia. after brewing, it will have blueberry and black plum aromas, blackcurrant juice, orange and berry flavor, full juice and red wine finish.

This rosy summer coffee bean comes from Cafe Granja La Esperanza, a well-known estate with a long history of cultivation in Colombia, and its Chinese name is also very good, called Hope. In the past ten years, Hope Manor has won more than 60 awards in major coffee competitions around the world. He is a regular in the Colombian Coffee Raw Bean Competition. He even participated in the Panama BOP Competition and won an award.

Hope Manor does not refer to just a farming farm. It has five sub-estates in Colombia, including Potos í, Cerro Azul, Las Margatitas, La Esperanza and Hawaii. With the exception of Hawaii in the province of Cundinamarca (Cundinamarca), the rest are located in the province of Cauca Valley (Valle de Cauca).

Hope Manor was founded by Blanca Rigg Corey (Blanca ligia correa) and Juan Antonio juan antonio herrera. Initially, through labor distribution, the couple went to work on a farm called Potos í, during which they became so interested in the production of boutique coffee that the couple bought the Poseidon estate directly.

At that time, Percido mainly grew Typica, but the owner, Mr. Herrera, wanted to breed more excellent boutique coffee, so in 1945, they bought a new piece of land near Percido and set up La Esperanza to introduce other conventional varieties, including Yellow Bourbon, Bourbon, Kaddura and so on.

Hope Manor is located between 1400 meters and 1860 meters above sea level. Under the action of valley airflow, it forms a mild temperature and abundant precipitation of 17 °C ~ 22C, and the average annual rainfall is as high as 1340mm. While running the manor, the couple gave birth to 14 children, growing the family. Among these children, Rigoberto and Luis developed a great interest and talent in coffee cultivation and began to take over the family's estate.

In addition, Rigoberto rented a coffee farm in Boquete, Panama, in 2007 to grow Geisha varieties, and won the best Panama (BOP) championship in 2008 and runner-up again in 2009, a feat that helped Hope Manor gain a lot of fame around the world.

Later, Rigoberto introduced Rosa to Hope Manor in Colombia, and as the business grew, it bought three plots of land, namely, Cerro Azul, Las Margatitas and Hawaii (the Rosa in front of the street comes from Marguerite). The five estates have a total area of 150ha and are planted at different elevations, all ranging from 1400 to 2000 meters above sea level. Today, in addition to the first few traditional varieties, the whole Hope Farm is also planted with roses, claw, and coffee trees screened or mutated by the manor itself.

At present, the Hope Manor is mainly concentrated in the province of Cauca Valley (named mainly from the nearby well-known Cauca River), which used to be the coffee core of Colombia, located in central Colombia. Thanks to its unique mountains and climate, it has two dry seasons and two rainy seasons in a year, so it has two coffee harvest seasons. In the past, it was famous for its production, and it was highly valued by the government. However, with the rise of boutique coffee, the core of Colombian coffee has shifted to the south. Even so, there are still many well-known estates in Cauca Valley that focus on coffee cultivation and coffee processing, such as Hope Manor and Immortal Manor, to promote the development of the local coffee industry.

As a 76-year-old team, Hope Manor has a doctoral botanist, three professional cup surveyors and more than 100 staff members to manage the estate. Among them, the chief botanist Hernando Tapasco set up a climate station in the manor to track weather data and help make harvest decisions. The data on the farm were collected continuously and analyzed once a week. After harvest, they will compare weather data, production data and cup test data and analyze the correlation.

In addition, the fruit pickers of the rose summer trees are strictly trained to collect only ripe cherry fruit and are paid by the day, unlike other manors, which are paid by weight. In order to avoid workers seeking speed, the unqualified cherries are also harvested, and half of the harvesting workers have more than six years of experience. The fruit will be sent to the central processing plant in Hope Manor immediately after harvest, and each batch of rose will be marked and dealt with separately. First go through the drying stage three days ago in the sun field, and then move to the small tower to dry.

In terms of experiment and innovation in coffee varieties, Hope Manor is endless, constantly experimenting with new and high quality varieties. In addition to Kaddura, which used to occupy most of the area in Hope Manor, rose summer, organic rose summer, mocha, bourbon (including different red, yellow and Tekizik bourbon), pointed bourbon, Pacamara, San Bernardo and Pache all appeared in the park one after another. It can be seen that the team has great enthusiasm for the boutique coffee industry.