Juan recently took over his families two farms. He is experimenting with different cultivars in different altitudes, and many of them are recently planted. He is also doing experimental drying and different processes for naturals etc. We met a few years ago, and what really encouraged us to work with him was the will to change, adapt and improve to meet the future demand on qualities. Antioquia is known for solid, but maybe slightly boring coffees, but there is a lot going on right now, and we think these coffees are proof of that.
The biggest challenge in these environments is the drying due to humidity and temperature. After we met Juan and started to talk about drying under shade, he immediately constructed drying facilities with raised bed under cover. He has also installed a machine that can dry with cold air and with a software where you can adjust temperature, airflow etc, and make profiles on different coffees.
La Claudina – the farm
Is a farm located at 1400 – 1800 masl in the city of Bolivar in Antioquia. Its currently about 18 hectares of coffee. The varieties is mainly Castillo, but he’s been planting a lot of new plants lately and have Tabi, Caturra, Variedad Colombia and Geisha. He’s got two pulpers with capacity of 1600 kg cherries pr hour. He’s doing traditional fermentation in tanks, often with intermediate rinsing. For drying they have a roofed facility with beds, a traditional parabolic dryer, a very interesting mechanical «cold» dryer and a traditional mechanical «guardiola» for more commercial volumes.
Number of permanent workers: 3 Workers
Number of seasonal workers: 45 Pickers
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