Benedicto Fernandez - San Augustín, Huila, Colombia

Variety: Caturra
Farm: La Curva
Location: Sevilla, San Agustin, Huila
Altitude: 1900masl
Farm size: 2 hectares, 1.7 hectares in coffee
Harvest: Flycrop 2023. Harvested June - August, shipped October.
Process: Washed

Cherries are collected over the course of a week, every three weeks. The first day’s collection is left to ferment for 24 hours while the second day is added to the already fermented cherries and depulped the same day. The depulped seeds then undergo an 18 hour dry ferment before being rinsed once to remove the heaviest mucilage. The seeds are then moved to another tank where they are left in a small layer of water to ferment until the and are left to ferment for 24 hours, until the week’s collecting ends. The parchment is rinsed one more time and then placed in a solar dryer for 18 days of drying.

PRICE TRANSPARENCY

Farmgate price: 3,000,000 Colombian Pesos per carga
National farmgate price September 2022: 2,450,000 Colombian Pesos per carga
FOB price: $3.91 USD/lb

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Benedicto Fernandez

Benedicto is a new producer to the Monkaaba network, and has perhaps one of the most unique stories of any of those we work with. Born in Bogota to a potato growing family, his first employment was in the construction industry some forty years ago. He would spend ten years working as an apprentice and another ten as a construction manager before he set out on his own as an independent contractor. This work put him in contact with the oil industry, where he worked for six years before a serious accident left him injured in his left knee and unable to safely pursue his lifelong career. Read more about Benedicto Fernandez.