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We currently roast and ship out online orders Mondays and Thursdays, with a 9am PST deadline each roast day. Subscriptions are roasted and shipped Monday.
We’ve worked with Los Guacharos many times before, and each coffee reminds us why we keep coming back. This lot is a special collaboration between two producers from the group: Viviana Realpe and Nelson Cordoba. Viviana contributed a beautifully clean caturra lot (with just a touch of pink bourbon!), and Nelson added his vibrant tabi. Together, their coffees create a profile that’s as intentional as the way they farm. In this coffee we taste an inviting warm toffee- like sweetness with a slight orange acidity and stewed apples.
Producers: Viviana Realpe and Nelson Fabio Cordoba
Varietals: Caturra, Tabi, Pink Bourbon
Harvested: 2025
Process: Washed
This lot is made up of coffee from two individual producers- a caturra lot from Viviana, and tabi from Nelson (there is one teensy pink bourbon lot from Viviana in this coffee as
well!). Cherries are picked as ripe as can be, left to begin the initial fermentation process in sealed plastic bags, and then depulped the next day, where they’re left to continue fermenting. Both producers use sealed vessels with one-way valves for off-gassing during the low-oxygen fermentation step- Viviana uses big plastic barrels, and Nelson uses a stainless steel tank. Coffees ferment for 36-48 hours (on average), before they’re washed. Both producers dry the coffee on raised platforms, where the coffee is covered
with shade cloth. Parchment coffee is stored in grain pro bags at home to ensure that humidity is stable at around 10.5%.
Huila, Colombia
Los Guacharos are a very admirable producer group, doing incredible work in coffee production in Huila. Collectively, they are converting to organic agriculture, producing their own fertilizers and pesticides, and introducing sophisticated water filtration system to minimize waste in processing. Of course, they’re also focused on their producers’ coffee quality, training in everything from agronomy to latte art, collectively paying for organic agriculture consultancy, and working to improve each other's farms with water filtration systems and organic fertilizers. Los Guacharos are what make buying Colombian coffees such a joy for us, knowing that the wonderful cups we brew are at the end of a long chain of incredible work towards sustainability and quality.
