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Cauca Best Cup 2015 Armencio Perez won third place on the second edition of Best of Cauca competition. He couldn’t believe it was true that the price his coffee reached $21.40 per pound! Don Armencio couldn’t hide his joy during my visit to his farm.
He is extremely happy and satisfied with the results of the auction; he couldn't stop remembering the auction day when he found out the price of his coffee. When he remembers that day, he only looks to the sky and his eyes turn crystal, and he repeats, "Thank you, thank you very much."
Don Armencio has a 20-hectare farm, and only 3 hectares are planted with coffee. On his farm are three different varieties: Caturra, Castillo and Colombia.
Harvest season starts in May, and ends on June. During the harvest, he collects coffee every eight days. The same day he harvests the coffee, it is depulped. Fermentation takes place inside tanks with water for 15 hours, then coffee is washed three to four times until its clean. The drying process start just after the fermentation is finished, taking 15 days to be ready.
—Luis Arocha
Read a blog from Café Imports Europe's Gabe Dunn on Cauca Best Cup 2015 by clicking here.
Read a blog from Café Imports President Andrew Miller on the first Cauca Best Cup 2014 by clicking here.
For more general information about coffee production in Colombia, visit our Colombia origin page.
