Constellations
ALTO DE LAS PIEDRAS
Star coffees with a light of their own
Producer
Álvaro Sarrias
Farm
La Capilla
Picking method
Selective manual
Name of star
Alto de las piedras
Altitude
1,600 – 1,800 meters above sea level.
Variety
Castle
Location
Colombia | Huila | Guadalupe
Farm size | Ha production
5 ha | 3.3 ha
Harvest months
Main: October to January
Mitaca: May to June
Produces coffees from
2015
Type of soil
Sandy
Packaging
30 kg bags | GrainPro
THE CAFÉS OF ÁLVARO SARRIAS
ALTO DE LAS PIEDRAS
ALTO DE LAS PIEDRAS is the Star that gives its name to all the coffee lots produced by Álvaro Sarrias in his farm La Capilla located in the coffee growing region of Huila.
THE PRODUCER
Álvaro Sarrias
La Capilla Farm
Alvaro Sarrias is the owner of the La Capilla coffee farm, located in the coffee growing region of Huila, specifically in the coffee growing district of Guadalupe. Alvaro’s goal is to
implementing sustainable practices in coffee production on your farm
. He is an enterprising producer, investing in modern machinery to d
is reducing the use of natural resources such as water while increasing the quality of his coffee.
The producer believes that the future lies in the field, since it is something great that nature provides us with and encourages the producers of the region to experiment with new knowledge in coffee cultivation. The Capilla farm has 3.3 hectares dedicated to coffee production. Coffee trees grow on sandy soils surrounded by vegetation that provides them with natural shade. Álvaro Sarrias works on the farm with his family, and passes on to his children the same passion for coffee that his parents passed on to him.
COFFEE REGION
Huila
The coffee growing region of Huila is located in the southeastern part of the country, with an estimated population of 1.1 million inhabitants and an area of 19,890 km², This region has 35 coffee growing districts, among them Garzón, Gigante, Guadalupe and Pitalito. These districts are home to more than 84,000 families that cultivate more than 1,145,000 hectares of Arabica coffee of the Castillo, Colombia, Típica, Caturra, Borbón and Tabí varietals, Huila occupies the 1st place as a coffee growing region in the country.
Location
Colombia
Surface 1,14 million km².
50 million inhabitants
23 coffee regions
931.746 hectares with coffee
Huila
Surface area 19,890 km².
1,1 million inhabitants
35 coffee districts
145.000 hectares with coffee
