Colombia, Leonid Ramirez MSF

About This Coffee

Our first visit to Leonid Ramirez's Finca La Cortina de Hierro last year was quite an adventure. The journey began with a drive to Génova, 50 km south of Armenia. From there, we hopped into a classic Ford Willy Army Jeep for the scenic, 1800-meter ascent to the farm. Leonid, his two dogs, and his niece and nephew (who are learning the art of specialty coffee processing from him) greeted us warmly. After a delicious coffee brewed by Leonid himself, he gave us a tour of his farm and processing facilities. His unique processing method, involving three stages of anaerobic and carbonic maceration fermentation over several weeks, was particularly fascinating. This method is applied to all his lots, giving them a distinctive flavour found only at Finca La Cortina de Hierro.