Don Pablo
Well into his years, Don Pablo keeps working away to raise his 11 children and numerous grandchildren. One thinks that he should retire or hang up his hat, and then you try his coffee, and think, I hope this man never stops producing.
Don Pablo doesn't have memories of coffee farming with his family at an early age, like most producers. In fact, he suffered the loss of his parents when he was 2 years old. When he was 10, he moved to Huila to work on coffee farms picking and processing coffee cherries. He moved back to Inzá, where he was born, and lived in the home his parents left him when they passed; farming coffee the way he learned to do throughout his life, and where he has lived for the last 40 years.
He possesses the stoicism of other Nasa indigenous peoples. He is straightforward and concise when he speaks. His answers carry in them the weight of wisdom and honesty that one finds often, so far away from the busy lights of the big city.
Don Pablo perceives himself as a fighter, who has suffered in life, but has learned that coffee gave him a helping hand when he most needed it. “I am an older man, but I will keep farming coffee until I can't anymore,” says Don Pablo.
Cosecha Traders is proud to make this beautiful coffee available to specialty coffee roasters in the USA.
Department: Cauca
Varietals: Gesha, Caturra, Común and Colombia
Altitude: 1880 MASL
Process: Washed
First Fermentation: Coffee cherries (16 hours)
Second Fermentation: Mucilage (30 hours)
Shade Trees: Guamos, avocado, and chachafruto
Other Crops: Oranges and pineapple