Finca El Ocaso Salento showed us their coffee plantation and how they grow and process their coffee :)

3 thoughts on “Finca El Ocaso Salento showed us their coffee plantation and how they grow and process their coffee :)”

1. So interesting to see this process first hand! Which one was your favorite cup of coffee?

   February 24, 2014 at 18:28 Reply

   • The fresh coffee was delicious! The five little piles in front of our guide are actually all the same type of bean. The first is the ripe red fruit, then the bean after its dried, then after the shell is removed (they actually use a mortar and pestle!), then the roasted bean, and the ground product. We learned so much! Like if the fruit is sweet, the coffee is, too; and if the fruit is not sweet, the coffee is bitter. The process in Colombia is so cool because they are not allowed to use heavy machinery so they employ many people to pick the beans and do everything by hand!

     February 25, 2014 at 22:52 Reply

     • Hand picked, hand made! So interesting, thanks for sharing 🙂

       February 26, 2014 at 23:16 Reply