Farm info

Fabio Nelson Sanchez began his career as a coffee producer working on farms around the area of La Palmera in Colombia’s Cauca region. After many years of this work he got the opportunity to purchase a plot of land from a woman hoping to retire; he agreed to let her remain in the house on the property while he took over the two hectares of coffee production. Today, La Regina is Fabio’s dream for the future, motivating him to improve year after year as he aims to sell all of his production as specialty coffee.

This lot underwent Washed processing. Pulped coffee was fermented for 48 hours prior to being fully washed and dried to it’s optimal humidity.

Region

Cauca

The Colombian department of Cauca lies in the southwestern part of the country, with the Pacific Ocean to the west, Valle del Cauca Department to the north, Tolima Department to the northeast, Huila Department to the east, and Nariño, Putumayo, and Caqueta Departments to the south. Many rivers traverse Cauca and the Central Range of the Andes Mountains runs through the department. Popayan is the capital city and Cauca’s population is distributed throughout the rural highlands and valleys.

Coffee producers here are mainly smallholder farmers with less than 1.5 hectares of land and 4000–6000 coffee trees in production on average. The soil in the region is fertile due to volcanic ash, and the weather is filled with warm days and cool nights due to winds blowing from the paramo, high plateaus in the area’s mountains. These factors all contribute to the region’s classic cup profile, delicate and balanced with hints of confection-like sweetness.