Finca Villa Alba is 4 hectare farm belonging to Mr. German Garcia. It is located in the Vereda of Puerto Limon near the town of Planadas in the state of Tolima, Colombia. The farm is made up of 100% Caturra trees which are about 4 years old and sitat an average of about 1,700 meters above sealevel. He picks, pulps and ferments his coffee on the farm for about 19 hours, depending upon the weather. He then washes the coffee with clean water a few times to remove any lingering mucilage and dries in a parabolic drier at about 4 cm for approximately 15 days. The coffee is allowed to rest in a small warehouse before he takes it to town and delivers it to the co-op. Cooperativa de Caficultures des Sur del Tolima. CAFISUR
It is very common in this area for small producers to band together in associations or cooperatives in order to buy in bulk, network among themselves and to negotiate with the FNC. Coffee from Tolima was difficult to find even six years ago because of the presence of Guerilla acitivity in the area but now the roads are open and some wonderful coffees are coming out of this area.
