Hugo Trujillo started working in coffee eight years ago, when he finished his schooling. He lives with his mother, Ninfa Mosquera, his uncle Mariano, and his brother Dario Trujillo. Hugo works with Banexport's agricultural engineers and cuppers to constantly improve the potential of his quality coffee production.
Hugo Trujillo's farm, Palmichal, consists of 4 hectares with 1.5 hectares planted in 8,000 coffee trees.
Harvest at Palmichel is May to June, with picking cycles every 15 days. During processing, coffee is depulped witha traditional depulper, sorted using a zaranda mesh screen,washed threeto five times, and fermented dry for 13 to 15 hours. Coffee is then dryed in a parabolic dryer for six days, and stored in sacks on wooden pallets for 30 days before milling.
