Colombia
Nariño
Jermy Pedraza
La Joya
Caturra, Castillo, Colombia
Washed
2024 - 2025
Brown Sugar, Floral, Milk Chocolate, Plum, Rosemary, Yellow fruit
2000 meters
N/A
70 kg w/ GrainPro
EU - Hamburg, Germany - Schwarze
Jermy Pedraza is a third-generation coffee producer and agronomist working in the village of El Convento, in Nariño’s Chachagüi municipality. His Finca La Joya totals four hectares of land at an average elevation of 2000 meters above sea level, and is planted primarily with Typica, Variedad Colombia, Castillo, and Pink Bourbon variety coffee.
Processing at Finca La Joya begins with selectively harvesting only ripe coffee cherries which are then sorted via floatation. After being floated, the cherries are then manually sorted before undergoing either Washed, Honey, or Natural processing.
This blend of underwent washed processing. Ripe cherries are selectively handpicked and depulped. The parchment is then fermented for ± 18 hours to remove the mucilage before being thoroughly washed with clean water. Drying takes place on raised beds until the coffee reaches optimal moisture content.
Nariño is one of Colombia’s 32 Departments. It shares a southern border with Ecuador and is home to thousands of smallholder coffee producing families. Colombia’s three ranges of Andean mountains converge in Nariño, presenting ideal altitudes and fertile soil for high grown Arabica production.
Nariño’s particular geography and proximity to coastal and land borders have historically transformed it into a corridor for illicit trade routes, resulting in unwarranted violence against residents of remote mountain farms. Today, thanks to the particularly resilient and fearless spirit of Nariño’s farmers, the small region is a respected nucleus of coffee innovation.
