This micro-lot Tabi from Ricaurte's farm in Huila is bursting with flavour and intensity. Notes of deeply sweet blackberry and gummy candy are accentuated by tart grapefruit in the cup.
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Ricaurte Quiacha
Specs
Producer Ricaurte Quiacha
Farm Nueva Campoalegre
Region Garzón, Huila
Varieties Tabi
Process Yeast Inoculated Washed
Altitude 1750 masl
Importer The Coffee Quest
Story
Ricaurte Quiacha
Finca La Nueva Campoalegre which sits at 1,750 masl is located in Garzón, Huila, Colombia. It is owned and run by Ricaurte Quiacha. Totalling five hectares, the farm is planted with two hectares of Tabi with the remaining three hectares divided between cattle pasture and forest reserve. Ricaurte is a fourth-generation coffee producer. He purchased a plot of his father’s land when he was a young man, determined to carry on the family tradition of coffee farming. He has lived there for the last 40 years. During the harvest, Ricaurte typically works from six in the morning until seven at night alongside the eight pickers he hires.
The farm has provided for my family," Ricaurte said, "now that my children are older and pursuing their own goals away from the farm, I plan on improving my coffee processing facilities and my home because this is happiness to me, and coffee will continue to provide that."
We had the pleasure of visiting Ricaurte’s farm back in November, 2022 and his passion was evident to us as he showed us his farm, his marquesina, parchment and fermentation tank. This year, Ricaurte experimented with adding yeast, which he acquired from our importing partner Quest, to his fermentation. He de-pulps and then ferments his coffee in water, with the added yeast, for 72 hours. This small lot totalling three 70kg bags turned out exceptionally, and we purchased all three bags. The yeast-inoculated fermentation adds a juicy, full-bodied sweetness to the cup, without throwing the profile out of balance with over-fermentation notes. We are pleased to offer Ricaurte’s coffee as a Subtext Reserve coffee given its small lot size, experimental processing and exceptional cup quality.
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.
Tabi
Developed by Cenicafe in the early 2000's as part of their effort to combat coffee leaf rust, Tabi resulted from the crossing of Timor hybrid, Bourbon and Typica varieties. Tabi grows tall and can produce either yellow or red cherries.
Yeast Inoculated Washed
De-pulped, fermented in water with added yeast for 72 hours. The coffee is then washed and dried for 5-15 days in Ricaurte’s marquesina (covered greenhouse).
Transparency
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Importer |
The Coffee Quest |
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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. |
3,000,000 COP per carge (125kg) of parchment - approximately 5.18 USD per kg. |
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FOB Pricing |
4.36 USD per lb |
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Lot Size |
Total lot size of 210kg. Subtext purchased the full lot. |
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Relationship Length |
Ricaurte has been working with Quest for one year and this is the first year Subtext has purchased his coffee. |
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Quality |
Subtext cupping score of 87.50 |