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Bogotá, Colombia - a view from the Hotel Rosales Plaza
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Hotel Pantagora - Líbano, Tolima
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Don Omar (of Finca San Luis) at the wheel of his 1978 Toyota Landcruiser
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Finca San Luis has a stand in the central park of Líbano
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Don Omar looking stately
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Fresh coffee drying on screens with great air flow - nice
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Don't smoke next to our coffee!
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Cats are obviously loved here
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Paul Geshos of Mecca Espresso (Australia) with Omar
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Finished coffee is coded, lot by lot
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Coffee seedlings - the next generation
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Close-up of coffee seedlings
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Lots of pretty foliage at Finca San Luis
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A map of Finca San Luis
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A picker showing us his work
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Omar inspecting
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Ripe cherry (with some overripe) and some yellow caturra in the middle
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Depulper at Finca San Luis
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Canals for wet processing
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Don Omar with his little roaster
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Bad cherry (removed before processing)
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Composting area
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Depulped coffee cherry composting
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Worms in the compost
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Farm tour with the boys - (left to right) Oliver from Olympia Coffee, Paul from Mecca Espresso, Giancarlo from Virmax, and Omar of Finca San Luis
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Cool weather means constant picking - here's a branch with flowers, green cherry, and ripe cherry - very rare
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Very even picking
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'Coffee rust' (roya) - a fungus found often in Colombia due to its high humidity
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Another great picker
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Video of selective picking in action