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ERNEDIS RODRIGUEZ

Specs

 

Producer    Ernedis Rodriguez

Farm             El Paraiso

Region         Gigante, Huila, Colombia

Harvest       July 2024

Varieties      Castillo

Process       Washed - Inoculated with wine yeast

Altitude        1,840 masl

Importer     The Coffee Quest

 

ERNEDIS RODRIGUEZ

Producer Profile

Ernedis Rodriguez owns and operates finca El Paraiso in Gigante, Huila. We had the pleasure of spending a few days with Ernedis in November. His farm, truly is paradise. Planted with Caturra, Castillo, Sidra, Mejorado, Java, and Pacamara, the street thats runs beside the farm is lined with eucalyptus and while we were there, the hills were blanketed in mist. We were extremely impressed with his farm, the attention to detail and care he puts into every phase of production. The coffee trees are carefully maintained, he has a nursery where he grows new varieties, and his fermentation tanks are are kept clean between batches. Ernedis continually pushes the bounds of quality, experimenting with adding yeasts to certain fermentations, upgrading his processing infrastructure and planting exotic varieties. His continual efforts have paid dividends and he has been able sell his coffee at elevated prices year over year. After years of sorting cherry manually, he has installed equipment in his wet-mill that auto-floats and sorts cherry prior to de-pulping. He also puts work into minimizing the environmental impact of his farm. He has invested in an eco-washer that lets him drastically lower the amount of water used in processing his coffee. He has also placed plants that naturally filter contaminants out of the water leftover from the fermentation tank. On top of all that, he has set-up a three step process for composting cherry pulp.

Huila

Of the many growing regions in Colombia, the mountainous department of Huila in the south west of the country grows the most coffee. Huila enjoys a wide diversity of micro-climates, temperatures, altitudes and coffee varieties. In fact, coffee is grown in 35 of Huila's 37 municipalities. All of this means that the coffee coming out of this region is as diverse as the variables that influence its production.

Castillo

Caturra's susceptibility to rust led to efforts by the Colombian coffee research institute, Cenicafé, to cross Caturra with Timor Hybrids to generate rust resistance. The result was Variedad Colombia, which was largely successful for a time, and remains popular despite leaf-rust mutations overtaking its resistance.

Cenicafé continued the breeding process of Caturra and Timor Hybrid varieties to produce even better resistance to leaf rust. Ultimately this resulted in Castillo, which also benefits from high yields and good cup quality, making it the predominant variety grown in Colombia today. The name Castillo actually refers to a number of different forms of the variety, each tailored to a different regional climate in Colombia. This diversity has helped facilitate continued rust resistance.

Wine Yeast Inoculated Washed

Only the ripest cherries are picked and upon arriving to the wet-mill, are floated, de-pulped, inoculated with wine yeast and then dry-fermented for 84 hours. After washing, the coffee is then laid to dry in a greenhouse for anywhere from 18-25 days, depending on the weather.

TRANSPARENCY

IMPORTER

The Coffee Quest

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.

2.7 million COP per carga (125kg of parchment)

FOB PRICING

$3.96 USD per lb

SUBTEXT PAID

$5.65 USD per lb

LOT SIZE

Total lot size of 210 kg. We purchased the full lot.

RELATIONSHIP LENGTH

Quest has worked with Ernedis for eight years and this is third year (and fourth harvest season) we have purchased his coffee.

QUALITY

Subtext cupping score of 86