COLOMBIA PEÑAS BLANCAS NATURAL

Nestor Lasso and Jhoan Vergara, two of Colombia’s visionary coffee producers, have joined forces to lead the Peñas Blancas Coffee Processing Center in Acevedo, Huila. This centralized processing hub allows smallholders to access world-class processing techniques and deliver consistently high-quality coffee to an international market.

Peñas Blancas is driven by community and built on the pillars of collaboration, education, and sustainability. Producers, agronomists, and industry professionals come together to share knowledge via training programs and workshops on best practices so that many of the families in Acevedo who rely on coffee as their primary income can upskill and directly improve their livelihoods.

Under the helm of Nestor Lasso’s expertise in experimental processing and Jhoan Vergara’s experience in farm management, Peñas Blancas empowers producers who previously faced barriers in accessibility, quality control, and market opportunities with centralized and supervised facilities.

This is a naturally-processed lot, meaning that the coffee was dried in the whole cherry before milling.

On the nose, this coffee has a rich strawberry and floral scent. In the cup, tropical notes of pineapple and coconut come through alongside rich strawberry sweetness to round out the cup.