Monteblanco farm is located in the Municipality of Acevedo, San Adolfo Jurisdiction in the village of La Tocora, at an altitude of 1730 m above sea level. In its surroundings we can find the Cueva de los Guácharos national natural park, which is one of the 59 protected areas of the Colombian National Natural Parks system, also highlighting the proximity that exists with the Suaza river valley, a quality that gives it an innate connection. with nature and all that it provides. Monteblanco is a family farm managed by Rodrigo Sánchez Valencia in the tradition of coffee growing that he started together with his grandfather. The 14 hectares of Monteblanco have made it possible for the various varieties to acquire all the facilities for growth and productivity, thanks to its environmental offer it allows cultivating varieties such as Geisha, Bourbon Rosado, Pacamara, Caturra Purpura, Caturra Rojo among others; This has achieved ideal conditions for both physical and sensory adaptation, developing unique profiles that have achieved worldwide recognition with wide acceptance by the most exclusive palates of the different coffee markets. All our work has been done collectively, our Aromas del Sur team leads processes such as germination, production and export, thus we have reached hundreds of places, being one of the finest Colombian coffees. Within our infrastructure we find the wet mill and in the upper part of the farm the drying facilities, leaving our coffee plantations in its surroundings. Monteblanco is within an average temperature between 16 and 22 degrees, with a luminosity of 1700 hours a year that allows the light to be usable for crops; we also find a parabolic drying temperature and drying under shade, on the canopies or African beds; It has a washing extension, a wet mill where the coffee is pulped and fermented, as well as a cooler that guarantees a stable temperature between 10 and 14 degrees for cold fermentation, for dry coffees it is fermented in cans or in exclusive tanks for the fermentation of natural processes on the farm.Our recognitions come with a purpose, to exalt and enrich our coffees. The Yara Champion Program 2017 allowed us to be champions, obtaining first place with rosé Bourbon and then in that same contest we won the silver Yara Champion 2018 with that same variety; In 2019, Roasters United came to us, winning first place with washed purple caturra and then third place with the same variety. For us as producers and also for our team, it is very gratifying to see that our coffees manage to reach and stay as one of the best, capturing not only palates but also hearts. This is how our goals grow, yearning to be a sustainable company that endures in the history of this wonderful world of coffee, where we can break barriers that have set us in this field, and that allows us to continue discovering the different ways to love this almond; for us, what happens in the fermentation process is still unknown territory, but to see how microorganisms, yeasts, enzymes and everything that happens within each process work is something really impressive, it is to see how as producers we can get the greater benefit in our favor, making the coffee industry remember us over time for what we have been able to achieve and what we will continue to do with this grain, in order to continue discovering those paths that coffee offers us daily, to be a reference for generations and thus manage to leave a legacy that fills with curiosity and happiness to find so much magic with the smell of coffee.Our recognitions come with a purpose, to exalt and enrich our coffees. The Yara Champion Program 2017 allowed us to be champions, obtaining first place with rosé Bourbon and then in that same contest we won the silver Yara Champion 2018 with that same variety; In 2019, Roasters United came to us, winning first place with washed purple caturra and then third place with the same variety. For us as producers and also for our team, it is very gratifying to see that our coffees manage to reach and stay as one of the best, capturing not only palates but also hearts.
