Colombia Cauca Department | Hacienda Mallorca Geisha Coffee | Recommended Coffee Beans for Pour-Over

FrontStreet Coffee · Colombia Valle del Cauca Hacienda Mallorca Geisha Natural

Flavor Description: Peach tea, pineapple, guava, with delicate and diverse acidity, juicy texture, brown sugar notes in the finish, and a long-lasting aftertaste.

Coffee Information

Origin: Colombia

Region: Valle del Cauca, Caicedonia

Estate: Hacienda Mallorca

Variety: Geisha

Altitude: Average 1,600 meters

Processing: Natural

In addition to the coffee introduced in this article, FrontStreet Coffee recommends coffee beans suitable for pour-over: FrontStreet Coffee Colombia Valle del Cauca Excellence Cup.

Introduction

Hacienda Mallorca estate is managed by Santiago Londoño. This estate belongs to his father and uncle, who began growing coffee in 1932. The estate is located in Valle del Cauca, near Caicedonia town, close to the border region. For many years, his family has produced numerous coffee beans in this region and owns several estates.

After completing his MBA studies, Santiago Londoño decided to return to work at Hacienda Mallorca estate and began implementing sustainable development plans. During this time, he replanted shade trees. Hacienda Mallorca estate primarily grows Caturra varieties. Four years ago, his family decided to plant Geisha and Yellow Bourbon varieties, which are rarely grown in Colombia. These two coffee varieties are shaded by banana trees, which also help observe the impact of sunlight and shade on coffee growth and harvest yield. In addition to providing soil moisture, banana trees also slow down the maturation speed of coffee cherries, making the coffee flavor more ideal and outstanding.

To manage this estate, Santiago must adopt new green bean processing methods, such as natural and honey processing. This not only allows experimenting with special flavors using different processing methods but also diversifies his products to meet market demand. Santiago's estate management approach focuses on detailed documentation of each production batch to improve coffee production quality and traceability. He has set up temperature-controlled warehouses to store each batch of green beans at 19°C. Each batch of stored green beans is sent to the nearby quality cupping company Café Y Procesos for cupping and grading. This company also assists in grading and blending three blend varieties for market sales.

This batch of FrontStreet Coffee Colombia Valle del Cauca coffee is the Geisha variety natural processed, with flavor description: peach tea, pineapple, guava, delicate and diverse acidity, juicy texture, brown sugar notes in the finish, and a long-lasting aftertaste.

Colombian Coffee Overview

The main coffee-producing regions within Colombia include: Huila (San Augustin), Nariño, Tolima, Popayán (Cauca), Valle del Cauca, Meta, Antioquia (Medellín), Magdalena (Sierra Nevada), Boyacá, Santander (Bucaramanga), among others.

Colombia has approximately 700 million coffee trees, with 66% planted using modern cultivation methods on plantations, while the remainder is grown on traditionally managed small farms. Main varieties include Caturra, Colombia, Tipica, Bourbon, Maragogype, and Tabi. Nationwide farms and cooperatives of all scales are operated by more than 500,000 farmers, distributed across 590 municipalities and 14 major coffee-producing regions. In total, 2 million Colombian nationals rely on coffee cultivation for their livelihood, contributing 12.5% to the gross domestic product.

In the early 1960s, coffee yield was approximately 600 kg per hectare, which has now increased to about 900 kg, with individual farms reaching up to 2,500 kg. In 1927, Colombia established the National Coffee Management Association, responsible for quality supervision. Although the association is a private institution, it acts on behalf of the government. In addition to organizing the industry, the association is also responsible for coffee price control, as well as healthcare, education, road construction, hiring agricultural technicians, conducting research, supervising product quality, directly managing export operations for 50% of total exports, and hiring marketing personnel.

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