Other Production Characteristics:
Harvest period:
May to June
The Story of Cafés Lugat:
Lionel Lugat
is the legendary roaster at
MaxiCoffee
. Over the years, he has surrounded himself with
an expert team of roasters.
This
coffee specialist
,
judge
in the
French Coffee Championships
and
expert columnist for our coffee company
tells the story of
Cafés Lugat
and his passion for
coffee roasting
below.
More About This Coffee:
The
Granja La Esperanza
estate has been a family-run plantation for three generations, run today by
Don Miguel Herrera.
It is located in the mountainous
Valle del Cauca region in the south west of Colombia
, whose name derives from the Cauca River that crosses the country from south to north.
Thanks to its proximity to the Pacific Ocean, the West Andes and the Cauca River Valley, this region is home to
various ecosystems
that are perfect for growing
complex, subtle and unique coffees.
The
Granja La Esperanza
estate is made up of
3 farms, including Cerro Azul
, which produces the
Geisha
coffee variety.
The estate originally made just
Typica, Bourbon and Caturra
coffees.
Over the years, its owners decided to invest in quality, by entering the demanding world of speciality coffees. So, they decided to bring some exotic varieties over from Panama, like Geisha.
After years of testing and financial, material and human investment, they finally managed to create coffees with complex, surprising flavours.
Today, the
Granja La Esperanza
farm grows eight botanical varieties. The coffees grown on the
Granja La Esperanza
farm are the most famous in
Colombia
, and are renowned for the quality and uniqueness of their flavour and sensorial profile.
In 2012, three of their coffees were named in the top 10 best coffees of the year, organised by the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA).