Pablo Guerrero - Maracaturra

MEET THE PRODUCER |  Pablo Andrés Guerrero neither comes from a coffee-growing family nor background, but he made the switch from architecture to agriculture in 1988 and planted his first coffee trees about twelve years later. Today, he is a storied producer with numerous competition coffees and one first-place Cup of Excellence win (2021) under his belt. Pablo is gregarious, exacting, and a lover of German Shepherds - the latter of which feature prominently in photos from Hacienda El Obraje, Pablo's picturesque farm on the sloping hills of Tangua. TRUST THE PROCESS | After being handpicked at peak ripeness, whole coffee cherries are initially subjected to 96 hours of anaerobic fermentation in plastic bags. Next, they are rinsed and floated for density before being mechanically de-pulped.The pulped beans are then subjected to a second round of anaerobic fermentation in dry mucilage, this time for 24 hours and without access to any light. Finally, the whole lot is thoroughly washed with