New Green

Region:       Bajo Palmar, Viota, Cundinamarca
Varietal:      Tipica, Caturra and Castilla  
Processing:  Washed  
Owner:        Jorge Caldas

Background
Finca La Bella is located in the municipality of Bajo Palmar, Cundinamarca, and situated 60km South Best of Bogotá.
 
The farm area is 16 hectares and Típica, Caturra, and Castilla varieties are produced in this privileged microclimate at 1400-1800 meters above sea level.
 
The main harvest is from April  to July, and  the  fly crop  from November  through December. The  coffee  is  grown  under  the  shade  of  native  trees  such  as  Carbonero,  Guamo  and
Guayacán.
 
This  specific  region is one of Colombia’s traditional historic production  areas. The first seedlings were planted in 1883 by pioneer Nicolas Saenz in a farm named “Liberia”. The total harvest was  forty bags which were carried on mules  to  the Magdalena river port of Honda, loaded onto barges headed for the port of Barranquilla, continuing their journey on a steamer headed to Le Havre, France.
 
For over one century this region has maintained the traditional plantations  and  processing techniques.  Through  the  course  of  history  and  generations,  the coffee farms have been subdivided into smaller lots. The region has been a scenario of different political conflicts during the past century. In most recent times, during the decade from 1994 to 2004 the region was  mostly  controlled  by  guerilla  activity,  affecting  coffee  production.  A  great  number  of producers had to abandon their plantations seeking safety, moving to the main town of Viotá.
 
Three years ago,  the army defeated  the  insurgent groups which had been in control of  this area,  bringing  peace  back  to  the  region. Since then, the persistent coffee producers have returned  to  their  coffee  plantations, renovating coffee trees and  applying  their  experience acquired  through generations. All of  the coffee  is shade grown, de-pulped, washed and sun dried to perfection.
 
Today, proud producers like Jorge Caldas, continue implementing  the  traditional  farming techniques and focus on producing high quality coffee.
 

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