From Nariño, Colombia
We are happy to present Francy Castillo's impeccable washed Gesha for the second year running. This season's harvest is even better than the last. We find a classic expression of Gesha in the cup, with notes of jasmine, tangerine, and elderberry.
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Francy Castillo
Specs
Producer Francy Castillo
Farm El Ubérrimo
Region Arboleda, Nariño, Colombia
Harvest Late 2022
Varieties Gesha
Process Washed
Altitude 2,148 masl
Importer Apex
Story
Francy Castillo
Francy and her four sisters grew up helping her parents at the coffee farm, which inspired her to major in Agronomy to provide support and management for the family business. She completed her university degree through distance learning all while working on her farm to pay for her studies. After graduating in 2019, she began working at the FNC as a Field Assistant around her hometown of Arboleda, Nariño. She also gained experience in sensory development by working at a private export lab in Buesaco.
In her own words, "I became even more interested in coffee and day by day I wanted to learn more about the beautiful world of coffee". Once our importing partner set up their buying program in Arboleda, farmers like Francy had a connection to the international market. Francy writes to Apex, "I heard a lot about your company and my new goal was to be able to reach you with coffee from our farm as a family and especially to be able to show the coffee our people from our municipality of Arboleda because we live far away from everything and our coffee has not been recognized".
Nariño
Nariño is characterized by steep slopes, and extremely high altitudes as well as a unique climate. Warm, humid air makes its way up from the valleys during the evening hours, allowing for coffee to be grown at higher altitudes than in the rest of Colombia, without risk of frost. The volcanic soil is rich in nutrients and is well-drained.
Gesha
The famed and highly sought-after Gesha variety is originally from Ethiopia. It was transported to Latin America in the 1950s where it was noted for its tolerance to leaf rust. In 2005, the variety was "rediscovered" when it won that year's Best of Panama competition. Since then, it has gone on to break price records at auction year after year and has been planted by farmers across Latin America in hopes of securing high prices.
The variety itself is highly demanding, and it requires high elevations in order to really deliver the exceptional floral, jasmine and stone fruit cup characteristics it is so famous for. There are actually a number of genetically distinct varieties that carry the name Gesha, and most have been traced back to Landraces from the same geographic area in Ethiopia.
Washed
36 hour in-cherry fermentation followed by 100 hours de-pulped. The coffee is patio then dried for 15-20 days.
Transparency
| Importer | Apex |
| Farmgate Pricing What's this?FOB: "Freight on board," usually the price paid to the coffee exporter for coffee ready to ship. This includes price paid to the producer as well as milling, warehousing and transportation costs plus any intermediaries' fees and export costs. Farmgate: the price paid by the exporter or other buyer to the producer or producer organization. | * Francy exported the coffee through her own company. |
| FOB Pricing | $17 USD per lb |
| Subtext Paid | $20.40 USD per lb |
| Lot Size | Total lot size of 564 kg. Subtext purchased 47kg. |
| Relationship Length | Apex has been working with Francy for three years and this is the second year that Subtext has purchased her coffee. |
| Quality | Subtext cupping score of 88 |