COLOMBIA EL DIVISO TYPICA FILTER COFFEE

Name: COLOMBIA EL DIVISO TYPICA FILTER COFFEE 
Country: Colombia
Variety: Typica Mejorado
Process: Washed Thermal Shock
Tasting notes: Raspberry, Lemongrass, Strawberry
Ground/Beans: Beans
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Five years ago, Nestor Lasso and his brother Adrian took over the family farm and branched out into specialty coffee and experimentation rather than growing coffee as their parents did. Today, at 22 and 24, the two brothers have teamed up with Jhoan Vergara, also the child of a coffee farmer, to create El Diviso. El Diviso brings together the two family farms, El Diviso (Nestor and Adrian Lasso) and Las Flores (Jhoan Vergara), located near the town of Pitalito, in the Huila region of Colombia. This partnership has been great, as these three young men have united their knowledge to improve quality.

Three years ago, Cat & Pierre, founders of CATA Export, and the three producers began a journey of trial and error to define the fermentation processes and protocols at the farm, with the aim of linking these coffees directly to the UK market. This learning process has been time-consuming and costly, but with an exciting outcome, as today these coffees have been used in many barista competitions across Europe. Recently, they won 1st place at the Brewers Cup in Ireland and 3rd place in Austria.

Today, CATA Export and Finca El Diviso work as one team. This is why Cat is not traveling alone to the UK but with Nestor, to finally meet all the roasteries that have been part of this process. Nestor and Cat’s friendship is a good example of what CATA Export does; working directly with the farms is a very enriching process for them, not only due to the complexity of topics such as agronomy but also because of the relationships CATA builds, which ultimately translate into economic benefits for CATA’s community. In this way, many more young producers like Nestor have stayed in coffee and have had the chance to build a career.