Colombia
Tolima
Camilo Enciso & Adriana Maria Franco
El Triunfo
Pink Bourbon
Natural
2024 -2025
Black Currant, Blood Orange, Cacao Nibs, Juicy, Red Grape, Red Wine
1950 meters
N/A
70 Kg W/GrainPro
SOLD OUT
El Triunfo is a family-owned coffee farm located in Planadas, Tolima, managed by Camilo Enciso and Adriana María Franco. The Enciso Franco family has owned the farm since June 2014, cultivating 10 hectares between 1,850 and 1,950 meters above sea level, with a strong focus on specialty and single variety lots.
Adriana María Franco has dedicated more than a decade to the production of specialty and exotic coffees, approaching coffee as a combination of agriculture, science, sensory exploration, and cultural expression. From El Triunfo, she leads the agronomic and post-harvest development of the farm, working with high-value varieties such as Pink Bourbon, Gesha, Tabi, and Wush Wush. Her work is defined by careful farm management, sustainable practices, and continuous experimentation with fermentation and drying protocols to produce clean, expressive microlots with defined acidity, sweetness, and aromatic complexity.
Camilo Enciso represents a new generation of producers in Southern Tolima, committed to quality, traceability, and regional development. In parallel to his work at El Triunfo, he serves as General Manager of ASOPEP, one of the most active producer associations in Planadas, where he promotes collaboration, market access, and professionalization among smallholders. His leadership has contributed to increased visibility for Planadas in national coffee events and specialty markets.
Together, Camilo and Adriana have positioned El Triunfo as a project rooted in technical rigor, long-term vision, and a strong connection to its territory. Their coffees express the high-altitude conditions of Tolima through fruit-forward profiles, structure, and clarity, while reflecting a shared commitment to community, sustainability, and the evolving identity of Colombian specialty coffee.
This Bourbon lot underwent Natural process. Cherries were harvested selectively at optimal ripeness and floated in water channels to remove low-density fruit. Without depulping, the entire cherry was fermented in aerobic conditions, allowing the natural yeasts present in the fruit to initiate fermentation. Controlled drying took place on raised beds over several days, ensuring uniform exposure and gradual moisture reduction. The slow drying curve preserves fruit complexity and bright acidity, strengthening the sensory identity of the Bourbon variety.
Meticulous sorting before and after drying guarantees uniformity, while a final resting period stabilizes humidity before milling and export.
The Colombian Department of Tolima is nested in the heart of Andean region in the center-west of the country. The department ranks first in Colombia in the production of rice and sesame. Farmers here also grow coffee, corn, bananas, sugarcane, and beans. Livestock, particularly cattle and pigs, are quite common in the northwest and center-east valleys along the Magdalena River and its basins. 32 of Tolima’s 47 municipalities are dedicated to coffee production.
Tolima’s capital city of Ibagué, also known as “Musical capital of Colombia and America” is surrounded by the mountains and enriched with water resources stretching along the Magdalena River Valley to the east of the Department. Tolima is traversed by highways and railroads, linking Ibagué with Bogotá, Armenia (Quindio), and Neiva (Huila).
The geographical location, topographic diversity, and range of altitudes make Tolima one of the most favorable and unique departments for coffee production, allowing for harvesting throughout the year. Coffee farms are scattered on the mountain ranges of Santa Marta, La Macarena, and the western slopes of the eastern Cordilleras. Farms here are predominantly smallholder owned, and the farmers have made concerted efforts in the last ten years to produce specialty coffee that reveals the full character of the region’s terroir. The organic approach to coffee cultivation in Tolima is well-known and highly demanded around the world. Certifications like Fairtrade, Organic, Rainforest Alliance, UTZ, and Bird Friendly can be found throughout the region. Selective manual harvesting, attentive processing, and careful post-harvest sorting all contribute to the growing recognition of Tolima as a coffee producing region.
Tolima’s coffee sector has attracted numerous financial and educational resources over the past several years. State and private owned organizations have invested with social and economic programs throughout the region, strengthening the potential for sustainable coffee production and improving the livelihoods of thousands of families.
