Alexander Vargas, Colombia
Cup profile...
Winey and sweet
Mulberry and honeycomb
Quality Bonus TBC
Country & Region Palestina, Huila, Colombia
Farmer Alexander Vargas
Farm Finca La Piragua
Variety Pink Bourbon
Process Washed - Prolonged Fermentation
Altitude 1800m
Alexander Vargas Osorio bought La Piragua in 2009. At that time, it was essentially a just plot of land with potential; it had road access, water and electrical supply, and a few coffee trees planted. Alexander and his wife Lidia started from scratch, first building a house for themselves and an area to process coffee. The story from there is quite amazing. Every year Alexander and Lidia made some kind of improvement, including helping the community start a small school locally when they had children.
The family continue making changes and improvements and their latest project has been installing a small coffee roaster so that they can roast, and cup, every lot they produce. Alexander says this latest development has been decisive in the evaluation of quality. The system relies on good traceability on the farm. To make changes to fertilization, pruning, picking and processing plans from the tasting feedback, Alexander must know where and when the coffee was picked, timings across the processing, and the impact of any changes already made. Alexander and Lidia have turned La Piragua into a model farm.
Filter recipe
Dose 15g | 250g at 94°C | 2:45
Espresso recipe
Dose 20g | Yield 48g | 26s
Our setup
EK43 | Pro RO | 94ºc | Flat 8 bar
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Farm gate Price paid to producer exclusive of all other costs
FOB (Free on board) The cost of transporting the coffee to port and loading onto the ship.
*All prices are in USD/lb at time of purchase.
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Shipping
We roast on Monday and pack orders on Tuesday. Orders are shipped any day if stock is available. If your order is placed after 7am Monday we cannot guarantee that we will have stock available. In this case, the coffee will be sent the following Tuesday.
Local Pickup
Instructions will be sent via email when you place your order. You will be notified when your coffee is ready for pickup, it is available to pickup 24/7. Please ensure you double check your name and order number before taking your order from the shelf.
