Guillermo Hernandez
I produced the coffee you have in your hands!
Finca El Sendero
Guillermo is the only one in his family who follows the coffee growers tradition. He has a wealth of knowledge within as a coffee grower, this was built from helping his father from a very young age and his curiosity in coffee production. He is always looking for new methods to improve the quality of his coffee.
Colombia
HARVEST
November-December 2018
January 2019
Guillermo has a very strict cherry selection criteria on his farm, once the cherries are picked Guillermo uses the washed or natural process method. After screening, only the ripe cherries are allowed into the de-pulping machine. The fermentation process period takes roughly 24 hours. After fermentation, the coffee is washed and sun dried on patios and drying beds until 11% of humidity, then a coffee sample is taken to the Lab.
Parchment coffee is packaged and stored in the farm until lab results are available and price is agreed
COFFEE LAB
Score: 84
Variety: Castillo and Colombia
Beans: 100% Arabica
Taste: Delightful notes of forest fruit berries. Well balanced taste with a slight hint of hazelnut
Coffee Lab: Rituales
TRADE
February 3 -2019
According to the score 84 Colombian Artisan Coffee offer to Guillermo 25% more than the market price.
Guillermo happily agreed .
The coffee is weigh and stored in Colombian Artisan Coffee warehouse under right conditions to preserve the right humidity and quality.
1 day later the coffee is shipped to the milling in Medellin
LOT PACKING
February 2019
The parchment is milled carefully by farm and screen size over 16 is packed in grain pro bags and coffee sacks to to preserve the right humidity and quality.
6 sacks of Finca El Sendero are ready to be exported from Colombia to the UK.
LOAD CONTAINER
The microlot from Finca El Sendero is loaded in a container with other specialty coffee.
Update: March 1 the coffee arrives to the port in Cartagena Colombia
Update: April 4 the coffee arrives to Rotterdam
Update: April 30 the coffee has arrived to the UK