Seasonal Filter - Natural - (Filter Roast)

We are so pleased to present to you, the latest iteration of the Seasonal Filter Natural, a natural process blend of Caturra, Castillo and Colombia varieties from the Small Producers of San Fermin in Tolima, Colombia. 

In recent years, Planadas has become a hub for coffee production and is now considered one of the top coffee producing regions within Colombia. 

This municipality was established in 1932 by the Spanish Jesuit priest Fermin Larrazabal who at the time guided a group of people from Huila and Antioquia to establish a settlement in a plateau near the river Atá, which is where Planadas is located. Due to his name, Fermin, and in relation to the world-famous San Fermin festivities in Pamplona (Spain) is where this brand gets its name. Both Fermin Larrazabal and the festivities embody aspects which describe the producers from this area: audacity, courage, joy, and togetherness. This region suffered heavily from the internal conflict of Colombia and the guerrilla groups, but even though with this situation the coffee farmers of the area kept pushing forward and with resilience were able to keep producing amazing quality coffee. This municipality is surrounded by mountains of the central cordillera of Colombia and full of creeks and rivers that go down to the Atá River, having great nutritious soils for the production of coffee. Our sourcing partner for this coffee, Caravela has been purchasing coffee in the area in direct relationship with producers since 2007, and in 2013 the brand San Fermin was born with initially 30 producers contributing to it.

The producers of San Fermin are resilient and driven, and at the same time joyful and family driven. It is common to visit them and see they work on the farm as a family with every member contributing in some aspect of the farm such as drying, keeping the records of production, administration and more. Traditionally the varieties they started working with were Castillo, Typica, Caturra and Colombia but nowadays the varieties that are seen more in order of greater to lesser volume are Castillo, Colombia, Caturra, Typica, Bourbon, Tabi, Gesha and Catimore. Since San Fermin started, the life of the producers has changed for the better with the production of high-quality coffee, having nowadays better quality of life and living conditions.