Colombia El Diviso Estate Double Anaerobic Washed Caturra by Nestor Lasso Roaster: Coffee Cycle Roasting Co. Processing: Double Anaerobic Mossto Washed (Started as Anaerobic Mossto Natural & Finished as Washed) Elevation: 1820 masl Varieties: Caturra Region: Bruselas, Pitalito - Huila Tasting notes: Melon Candy, Strawberry Compote, Rosehips From the importer, La Baia: " Nestor and Adrian are two young people who represent the new generation of coffee producers in Colombia. They are risky, innovative, and they are in an endless pursuit to develop thought provoking flavor profiles that are truly one of a kind. Today, at 26 and 27, the two brothers have teamed up to run the family farm Finca El Diviso. Nestor’s coffees as of recent have developed a cult following among the hardest of hardcore connoisseurs and competitors in the industry. Nestor’s coffees have gained global acclaim by leaving their mark on the world stage which began in 2022 when his anaerobic natural Sidra was used to win the World Barista Championship. Each year forward Nestors coffees have been a regular fixture in the completion circuit as a consistent championship finalist. Néstor at the ripe age of 27 years old, is in charge of Finca El Diviso. Once finishing high school he decided to start working directly alongside his father on the farm. He had two uncompromising rules if permanently pursuing a life in coffee: 1. he would not be willing to compromise on quality and 2. to do things in a radically different way than what was traditionally accepted in Colombia. He realized that in order to create better opportunities in coffee, he could not continue down the same old path of coffee farming and continue doing the things the old way. He had to pave a new path, so he convinced his father to plant other varieties and to start producing high-quality coffees since he saw the great potential in the specialty market. In Colombia there is a program that Nestor and his brother Adrian had attended funded by the Colombian government and today this program is recognized as one of the most renowned coffee growing institutions in Latin America, called SENA. Some of the most valuable lessons and knowledge was gained at SENA, by Nestor and Andrian. All the fundamental aspects and basics of coffee cultivation to the intricacies and science behind coffee processing were absorbed while attending the institute. In 2016, Nestor earned his technical gegree in Specialty Coffee Processing from SENA. CATURRA VARIETY Caturra is a natural mutation of the Bourbon variety. It was discovered on a plantation in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil sometime between 1915 and 1918. Caturra has a single-gene mutation that causes the plant to grow smaller (called Dwarf/Compactism). Its name derives from the Guarani word meaning "small." It is also called "Nanico." After Caturra’s discovery, selections were made by the Instituto Agronomico (IAC) of Sao Paulo State in Campinas, Brazil, starting in 1937. Breeders were interested in Caturra’s small size, which allows plants to be placed closer together, and its closely spaced secondary branches, which enable it to produce more fruit in the same space. The selection process for Caturra was called mass selection, meaning that a group of individuals is selected based on their superior performance, seed from these plants is bulked to form a new generation, and then the process is repeated. The variety was never officially released in Brazil, but has become common in Central America. It was introduced in Guatemala in the 1940s, but widespread commercial adoption didn’t happen for another three decades. From Guatemala, it was introduced to Costa Rica, Honduras, and Panama. For decades, it was one of the most economically important coffees in Central America, to the extent that it was often used (and sometimes still is) as a “benchmark” against which new cultivars are tested. In Colombia, Caturra was thought to represent nearly half of the country’s produc