La Estrella, Colombia

This coffee is grown by Finca La Estrella, Managed and owned by Jairo Ivan Lopez.

La Estrella is a family coffee farm located in Pijao, Quindio, 20km away from Armenia, which is part of the coffee triangle ( the coffee triangle used to be the area with higher coffee production in the 2000s) the coffee plantation of 13,000 coffee tree passed from generation to generation. The Volcanic soil and high altitudes with warm days and cold nights are the perfect growing conditions for outstanding coffee.

This coffee was processed at the La Pradera washing station. La pradera features four large concrete patios with sliding roofs, providing the ability to control the weather and the amount of heat the coffee has to absorb daily. The initial drying stage takes place on these patios, and the second stage on the raised beds. Towards the end, the lots are moved to a higher beds to reach the desired moisture content.