Pablo Guerrero

Pablo Guerrero

We began buying various lots from Pablo Guerrero’s farm, El Obraje, in 2018, and believed his lots of gesha, both washed and natural, to be one of Colombia’s best kept secrets in the world of coffee.

Since 2018

Nariño, Colombia

In 2020, Pablo submitted a naturally processed gesha to Colombian Cup of Excellence competition and ended up taking 8th place!

We began buying various lots from Pablo Guerrero’s farm, El Obraje, in 2018, and believed his lots of gesha, both washed and natural, to be one of Colombia’s best kept secrets in the world of coffee. This all began to change in 2020, when Pablo submitted a naturally processed gesha to Colombian Cup of Excellence competition and ended up taking 8th place! The following year in 2021, Pablo submitted a washed gesha lot which won 1st place - an astonishing feat, but to our minds and taste buds, no big surprise!

Pablo started planting gesha in 2011 and now has ~9000 trees planted on his farm. Although he continues to sell his prized gesha lots individually, in recent harvests he has also begun to blend his gesha with other varieties grown on the farm, with spectacular results. Keep an eye out as we begin to purchase these special lots as well.

Interestingly, El Obraje has been in the Guerrero family for decades and was originally farmed for grains and fruit trees. It was Pablo’s idea to start planting coffee in 2000, despite this being an area where coffee was traditionally not grown. It’s obvious Pablo has learned a thing or two about coffee along the way, and applied his background in architecture to an exacting approach to coffee farming. The results? A world renowned coffee farm that we have the privilege to buy from, and share with you.

Though we have yet to visit Pablo, and he has yet to visit us, we hope this all changes in the future

OUR CURRENT RELATIONSHIP

1Spot purchase

“Spot” is coffee in an importer’s inventory they have not sold. When we need to fill gaps in our contractual and relationship purchases, we buy spot. Of course, we are always open to spot becoming relationship purchases, and sometimes they do.

2Contract purchase

Most of our purchases are contractual, meaning we have made a commitment to purchase the coffee before it arrives in the US. In general contracts are meant to build security for the producer and importer, and to help us make sure we have the coffee we need to share with you.

3Repeat purchase

We are proud of the fact that many of the coffees we purchase are repeat purchases, and have been for years. Most producers, especially from Central and South America, can count on us purchasing their coffee year after year.

4Visits

We’ve met, and have an ongoing relationship with the producer. At a minimum, they have visited us at Sweet Bloom, or we have visited them on the farm. As the relationship deepens, we build our understanding of:

1) challenges faced from one year to the next
2) sustainability practices on the farm
3) how the farmer is caring for their staff
4) ways in which we can support projects the farmers have implemented on the farm and in the community

Pablo Guerrero

Nariño, Colombiasilver needles, clementine, sugarcane

$25.50