Colombia: Sotará
- Origin: Sotará, Manos Juntas Micromill, Cauca, Colombia
- Geo coordinates: 2°07’09.0″N, 76°33’09.5″W
- Altitude: 2.025 m
- Coffee farmers: 8 smallholder farmers
- Variety: Castillo, Colombia, F6, Arabica
- Processing: natural
Coffee from Colombias best growing region
Sotará is an area in the department of Cauca, in the southwest of Colombia. Some of the best coffees in Colombia come from this region in Cauca, which is located at a very high altitude.
The Micromill processing station in Cauca near Sotará is located at a very high altitude of 2,025 m.a.s.l. and so the cherries here ripen late during harvest time. This makes the cherries very sweet and provides optimal conditions for an exceptional coffee.
The coffee producers attach great importance to the careful preparation of the cherries. After picking, the ripe red coffee cherries are separated from unripe cherries by so-called floating in a water bath and then dried on raised drying beds in the sun for about 3 weeks. Meanwhile, the cherries are regularly turned by hand for even drying, with defective cherries being selected by hand. These naturally processed coffees are ideal for fans of filter coffees with fruity and complex flavours and exciting aromas.