WELCOME TO

DAY 5
FILTER ROAST

ABOUT THIS COFFEE
Maria Rosa Oidor runs her farm, Los Nogales, with her husband Antonio Pillimué and their four children. The farm is situated a thirty minute walk from the small town of San Antonio, where the couple also has a small shop. Maria Rosa and Antonio saved the money to buy their three-hectare farm from the savings they made from their shop some fifteen years ago.Today, Maria Rosa’s entire family is dedicated entirely to coffee. Her eldest son, Robinson, has worked as a leader of the local growers’ association ASORCAFE (to which Maria belongs) and is a distinguished, well-known coffee producer in his own right. Her younger son, Nilson, has also inherited part of the family farm and is working to learn all about coffee. Maria, at the age of 58, still takes a hike up the mountain every day to organize pickers and schedule the work for the day. She is an impressive woman, and an inspiration to many in the region.Despite the small size of the farm, Maria and Antonio decided to plant three different varieties in the high hills upon which their land lies: Caturra, Typica, and Tabi. The high altitude of their farm (2,000 metres above sea level) makes it possible to continue growing these more disease-vulnerable cultivars despite the dangers of coffee leaf rust. It also means the coffee cherries are able to ripen more slowly, allowing a higher concentration of sugars to develop, resulting in a sweet and complex cup.The coffee trees at Los Nogales are fertilised up to three times a year depending on the state and quantity of coffee on the tree, and seeds for new trees are collected and germinated on the farm itself. During the harvest, up to 15 workers help with picking, and the family employs one permanent worker who helps maintain the crop throughout the year.
ESPRESSO ROAST

ABOUT THIS COFFEE
Versatile and balanced, this blend is an easy-to-enjoy coffee with bold body, and long lasting enjoyable mouth feel.
