Victor Alfonso Bonilla - La Chorrera

About This Coffee

This is a fascinating coffee from a producer and variety we have never worked with before. Locally referred to as Aruzi, we suspect it is another Ethiopian Landrace variety being cultivated in Colombia. In the cup we find lemon verbena, yellow watermelon, and peach. Victor is a young producer and a certified Q Grader, representing a new generation of coffee growers who are actively engaged in tasting and evaluating their own coffees. This shift is an important step toward building equity in the future of coffee. Deeply involved in coffee from a young age, Victor became a quality analyst in 2013, which ultimately inspired him to return to production and establish La Chorrera. He is currently growing an intriguing variety known locally as Aruzi. Only a few samples of Aruzi have been genetically sequenced, and the results have been too varied to draw any definitive conclusions. Further testing is planned, and we hope to have more answers by next harvest.