Colombia Paola Trujillo

A friendly gathering that starts in the afternoon and lasts until sunrise. And everybody is still looking and feeling fresh in the morning. That’s the secret power of pineapple, mango and apples, they are forever young.  

Finca Patio Bonito, located at 1560 meters above sea level in the municipality of Caldono in the department of Cauca, surrounded by guayacan, mano de Oso, avocados, native and fruit trees, where its greatest wealth in production is its 6 hectares of coffee plants.

19 years ago, Paola Yuliana Trujillo worked in a coffee company in the department of Nariño, where, being in charge of the quality part, she learned to cup and sample coffee. Although it is a coffee tradition, this gave her the motivation to take charge and undertake her own coffee path on her farm.

For 9 years they have started their first crops, at the same time they attended courses from SENA (national apprenticeship service), a training entity for work in Colombia. Paola says “there is nothing written, you always learn and this opens more doors to meet people from whom you continue to learn more”.

In this way it is that today, at 35 years old, she has already managed to have different varietals on her farm and also achieves economic independence based on coffee. After trial and error, she managed to find her own technique allowing her to have a high-quality product, where each of it, after processing, has different specifications, depending on the varietal.

And this is how Paola makes sure that over time her company can go very far, positioning itself with a high-quality product, maintaining the legacy left by her hero who is her father and also ensuring an economic resource for her and her family.

PROCESS
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● STEP 1 COLLECTION AND SELECTION OF RIPE CHERRIES
● STEP 2. OXIDATION FOR 24 HRS
● STEP 3. ADDITION OF SUBSTRATE AND MICROORGANISMS
● STEP 4. ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION FOR 168 HRS
● STEP 5. PARABOLIC DRYING FOR 30 DAYS