Fabio Beltran - Tabi, Colombia - Washed
Fabio Beltran - Tabi, Colombia - Washed
This is a single varietal Washed Tabi from Colombia. It is produced from Fabio Beltran who is the neighbouring farm to El Fenix which is owned by our friends Raw Material who we source many of our coffees from.
This coffee has an interesting story because the seeds for this coffee came from El Fénix. Fabio’s cherries were again processed at El Fénix’s community wet mill. One of the missions of El Fenix is to elevate the quality and value of coffee for local producers.
The result is this beautifully washed Tabi with tasting notes of dried fruit, caramel, and mandarin 🍊🍬
We have been fortunate to visit El Fenix twice, first in 2022 and more recently in Autumn 2024.
On this most recent visit we passed the home of Fabio and dropped a bag of this coffee for him and we also processed some of his coffee at El Fenix which we plan to buy and make available next year.
This coffee works well black and also with milk.
Suitable for / Cafetiere, Filter, Aeropress and Espresso
Notes / Round and full body with Strawberry, White Sugar and Almond notes
Producer / Villa Ligia neighbours of the El Fénix Community Wet Mill and Farm
Region / Calarcá, Quindio
Altitude / 1680 - 1800 MASL
Variety / Pink Bourbon
Process / Natural
The El Fénix Community Wet Mill and Farm was acquired by our Raw Material in 2016, the farm is located in the eastern municipality of Quindío, Colombia in Calarcá. It faces west toward the Cauca Valley and the central mountain range. The farm has ideal climate conditions with a strong sun reflection off the valley and an average rainfall 2.275 mm a year, in addition to natural spring falls which provide water for the farm’s needs.
As well as being a rare variety producing farm, El Fénix is also home to a developing a community wet mill for producers in the area. The project was crowdfunded to help fund the construction of the mill, which when complete will provide the region’s farmers with greater control over their coffee quality, and control over their income through a fixed price payment system. Investment in this kind of accessible infrastructure is one of the necessary steps to make good on the promise of development through trade.