Familia Ortega Gomez Red

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Back for the seventh season, we’re excited to once again offer the consistently delicious Red Caturra from the father / son duo - Olgar Ortega Bolaños and Esnaider Ortega Gomez. 

The history of coffee production in the Ortega-Gomez family is multi-generational, tracing its way back nearly sixty years to the earliest days of coffee production in San Agustín, Huila.  Esnaider’s grandfather and great grandfather first began planting coffee amongst their other subsistence crops, such as maize, in pursuit of a better life for themselves. The family land has been passed down through the generations. Esnaider and his father, Don Olgar Ortega Bolaños, now own two separate farms in the area - La Esperanza and Villa Maria. This specific coffee comes from Finca Villa Maria, which is also the location of their small beneficio that’s outfitted with fermentation tanks and drying tables.  It’s here that Don Olgar specifically spends the bulk of his time during the harvest, directly handling the fermentation and drying processes. 

Since graduation from highschool, Esnaider has fully committed himself side by side with his father on the farms. They both share a meticulous attention to detail, genuine curiosity for experimentation, and belief that a more equitable and profitable supply chain is possible. 

The Red Caturra variety from Familia Ortega Gomez is incredibly sweet and structured. It’s truly a near-ideal representation of Colombian coffee from the Huila region.  It offers a balanced acidity, reminiscent of red fruits like cherry or raspberry, combined with a syrupy sweetness and long aftertaste, like sugarcane and coca cola. We’re tasting: fruit punch, honeycrisp apple, cherry, raspberry, red grape, fig, vanilla, nougat, sugarcane, caramel, cola, sweet black tea, baking spices.