{"product_id":"olgar-ortega","title":"Olgar Ortega","description":"\u003ch5\u003eOverview \u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBack for the eighth season, we’re excited to once again offer the consistently delicious Red Caturra from the father \/ son duo, Olgar Ortega Bolaños and Esnaider Ortega Gomez. Though we’ve featured this coffee in the past under their family name, Esnaider requested we change the title this year to honor the hard work of his father - whose name has never before been featured internationally on a retail bag. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe history of coffee production in the Ortega-Gomez family is multi-generational, tracing its way back nearly sixty years to the earliest days of coffee production in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSan Agustín, Huila\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.  Olgar’s father and grandfather first began planting coffee amongst their other subsistence crops, such as maize, in pursuit of a better life for themselves. The family land has been passed down through the generations. Esnaider and his father, Don Olgar Ortega Bolaños, now own two separate farms in the area - La Esperanza and Villa Maria. This specific coffee comes from Finca Villa Maria, which is also the location of their small beneficio that’s outfitted with fermentation tanks and drying tables.  It’s here that Don Olgar specifically spends the bulk of his time during the harvest, directly handling the fermentation and drying processes. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Red Caturra variety from Familia Ortega Gomez is incredibly sweet and structured. It’s truly a near-ideal representation of Colombian coffee from the Huila region.  It offers a balanced acidity, reminiscent of red fruits like cherry or raspberry, combined with a syrupy sweetness and long aftertaste, like sugarcane and coca cola. We’re tasting: cherry, raspberry, red grape, apple juice, vanilla, nougat, sugarcane, caramel, coca cola, sweet black tea, baking spices. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eRelationship \u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn early 2020 we were introduced to the young and extremely passionate coffee producer, Esnaider Ortega Gomez, via our friend Brendan Adams of Semilla Coffee.  It was around this time they first began working together to build a dedicated crew of roasting partners to purchase the bulk of Esnaider’s harvest at high, sustainable prices. After being blown away by some early harvest samples and forming our own friendship through ongoing talks with Esnaider, we decided to jump on board with the project. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1000 Faces has synced with Semillia in committing to a long-term investment and relationship with the Ortega Gomez family. We’re hoping to shift the traditional farmer-buyer power dynamic by working directly with Esnaider to explore their cost of production, and we’re aiming to pay a true living wage for their coffees - which equates to some of the highest prices paid for a traditional washed coffee in all of Colombia. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur relationship is ever evolving, as we’re chatting with Esnaider on a regular basis these days. Even had the pleasure of traveling with him to Honduras in 2023! His vision in the past few years has grown to establish a larger group of growers, collectively known as Monkaaba. In addition to securing specialty market access through Semilla, one of Esnaider’s main goals is to invest in ongoing education that will grow the group’s knowledge and skills to ensure future success. Esnaider holds regular gatherings to cup and brew each other's coffee, which has led to a much more holistic understanding and confidence in the quality of their coffee. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSemilla Coffee shares about Monkaaba: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe idea for this came to Esnaider thanks to his experience over the last ten years working as a sample roaster and cupper. While he was always happy to see producers receive a solid price for their coffees through this exporter, he noticed that there was very little understanding at the buyer level of what went into coffee production. Too often he watched coffees produced by people he knew be rejected due to a single cupping session, and for this producer to receive little explanation of why it was rejected or what could be improved. What worried him the most was how this process could be confusing or demotivating to producers seeking to enter the specialty market, and he knew there had to be many who were being overlooked as a result.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRather than focusing only on his own success as a grower, he wants to see all those around him engaged in sustainable, meaningful relationships. Now with Monkaaba, he commits himself to this on the daily. Not only does he hold weekly cupping sessions for all producers who would like to have their samples evaluated, but he also invites all those willing and interested to come and cup alongside him.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe early results have been amazing as he’s collected coffees from all over the area and hosted growers of all levels of experience and age at his farm, to cup and to discuss in depth about their goals and dreams and challenges.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-941b43bd-7fff-55ab-7bf8-c4529881fe12\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProcessing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eRipe, red cherries are delivered to the beneficio at Villa Maria and left in open containers to begin a brief whole cherry fermentation for 12 hours. They are then floated and sorted to remove any under ripe or insect damaged fruits.  Coffee then moves directly to the depulper, where the skin and mucilage is removed, and the seeds undergo a dry fermentation in tile tanks for 24 hours.  The parchment coffee is finally turned out onto heavily shaded, raised drying beds, where they are constantly tended to by Esnaider and Olgar over a 30 day drying period. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrewing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis coffee tends to perform well across all brew methods and is quite forgiving. It’s tasting nice along a wide spectrum of grind sizes as well.  On the finer end, you’ll find deeper sweetness and more classic coffee flavors - brown sugar, vanilla, chocolate, apple butter.  On the coarser end, you’ll highlight brighter fruit and complexity - orange, cherry, honey, sweet tea. The ideal brew should produce a combination of juicy yet balanced red fruit flavors coupled with a full, silky sweetness. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf your coffee is thin in body and lacking sweetness \/ depth, with flavors like sour cherry and chocolate wafer -\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003etry grinding finer. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf your coffee is bitter and has a particularly dry aftertaste, with flavors like over-steeped black tea and roasted nuts, - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003etry grinding coarser. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"1000 Faces Coffee","offers":[{"title":"10oz \/ Whole Bean","offer_id":62869304311967,"sku":"R035i","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10oz \/ Cold Brew","offer_id":62869304344735,"sku":"R035i","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10oz \/ Metal Filter","offer_id":62869304377503,"sku":"R035i","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10oz \/ French Press","offer_id":62869304410271,"sku":"R035i","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10oz \/ Aeropress","offer_id":62869304443039,"sku":"R035i","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10oz \/ K-cup","offer_id":62869304475807,"sku":"R035i","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10oz \/ Moka Pot","offer_id":62869304508575,"sku":"R035i","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10oz \/ Espresso","offer_id":62869304541343,"sku":"R035i","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10oz \/ Kalita Wave","offer_id":62869304574111,"sku":"R035i","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10oz \/ Hario V60","offer_id":62869304606879,"sku":"R035i","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10oz \/ Auto Drip","offer_id":62869304639647,"sku":"R035i","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10oz \/ Chemex","offer_id":62869304672415,"sku":"R035i","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5lb \/ Whole Bean","offer_id":62869304705183,"sku":"B035i","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5lb \/ Cold Brew","offer_id":62869304737951,"sku":"B035i","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5lb \/ Metal Filter","offer_id":62869304770719,"sku":"B035i","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5lb \/ French Press","offer_id":62869304803487,"sku":"B035i","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5lb \/ Aeropress","offer_id":62869304836255,"sku":"B035i","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5lb \/ K-cup","offer_id":62869304869023,"sku":"B035i","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5lb \/ Moka Pot","offer_id":62869304901791,"sku":"B035i","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5lb \/ Espresso","offer_id":62869304934559,"sku":"B035i","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5lb \/ Kalita Wave","offer_id":62869304967327,"sku":"B035i","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5lb \/ Hario V60","offer_id":62869305000095,"sku":"B035i","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5lb \/ Auto Drip","offer_id":62869305032863,"sku":"B035i","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5lb \/ Chemex","offer_id":62869305065631,"sku":"B035i","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0317\/3387\/4826\/files\/oo-shop.png?v=1789960488","url":"https:\/\/1000facescoffee.com\/products\/olgar-ortega","provider":"1000 Faces Coffee","version":"1.0","type":"link"}