REGION:
Gaitania, Tolima / El Oasis

PRODUCER:
Luzmila Gonzales / Finca El Oasis

ELEVATION:
1,700 - 1,800masl

VARIETALS:
Caturra

PROCESS:
30hr Fermented Washed

TASTING NOTES:
Stone Fruits, Cacao Nibs, Brown Spices & Lime

CUPPING SCORE:
87.75

FERMENTATION / FARM INFO:
Doña Luzmila is a dedicated first-generation coffee 
farmer and has been producing coffee since 2008 with 
the support of her husband Eider. Luzmila owns two 
farms in Gaitania, Tolima. The first is El Oasis which is 
10 hectares in size and located at 1750 m.a.s.l. The 
second is El Recreo which is 4 hectares in size and is 
located at 1600 m.a.s.l. Luzmila produces mainly 
traditional Colombian varieties on her coffee farms such 
as Castillo, Caturra, Colombia, and Typica. In addition to 
coffee, she also grows beans and fruit trees such as 
mandarin.
 Luzmila was raised in the rush of the big city but ever 
since she was a young girl, she dreamed of living on a 
farm, growing her own food and caring for the land. After 
traveling and working in various parts of Colombia with 
her husband, they decided to settle down in Tolima and 
join the local coffee-growing community there.
El Oasis was the first farm she was able to afford with 
the help of a loan from the bank. Doña Luzmila was new 
to growing coffee and relied heavily on the support of 
her neighbors to help guide her on how to nurture coffee 
trees and produce great coffee. 
Specialty Coffee
It took around four years of learning and overcoming 
challenges before Luzmila felt proud of the coffees she 
was producing. She then made the shift towards organic 
practices and 8 years after establishing El Oasis she 
was able to gain Organic certification.
Luzmila tells us that one of the greatest challenges 
comes at harvest time when finding labor to help pick 
the ripe cherries can be very difficult. Luckie, they live in 
a tight-knit community of coffee growers that help each 
other to harvest cherries and transport them to the 
associations.
Luzmila participates in local coffee competitions and her 
coffee is always among the finalist. In addition to 
growing coffee, she has another family run business that 
they operate in the local town which sells clothes and 
beauty products. Luzmila and her husband have four 
children, 2 boys and two girls. The children love to help 
out on the farm with their parents in their spare time. The 
family cherish spending time together around the dinner 
table and enjoying each other's compan

BREW RECIPE ESPRESSO
PRESSURE / Pre-infuse for 4s
TEMPERTURE / 94-97°
DOSE / 21g
BASKET / VST 22g
YIELD / 50-55ml
TIME / 28-32s
RATIO / 1:2.5

BREW RECIPE FILTER / V60
TEMPERATURE / 98-100c
DOSE / 22g
WATER TOTAL / 365g
BLOOM / 1:00
BREW TOTAL / 3:45
RATIO / 1:16.5