Bolivia: Gregorio Palli, Anoxic Washed

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Bolivia: Gregorio Palli, Anoxic Washed Sweet brown sugar fills the cup, with a pop of red grape at the start and a soft nectarine which follows and lingers into the finish. An elegant nutmeg spice on the aftertaste makes this a complex but balanced coffee. This Bolivian Caturra and Catuai coffee was grown by Gregorio Palli on his farm Volcan Del Tigre, before heading to the Agricafe Buena Vista mill to be processed using their Anoxic Washed technique. A Family Story When Gregorio was a young boy, his parents decided to move from their home in the Muñecas province of Bolivia (just north of Lake Titicaca) and travelled to the Caranavi area to provide him a better education. There was no school in their town, the roughly 100km relocation was worth it to give Gregorio a good start in life. Gregorio is now a full-time coffee producer, living on his 12-hectare farm with his wife Daisy and his two youngest children. In his free time, Gregorio enjoys going on walks around town with his kids, swimming in the river, and playing football. He has owned his coffee farm for 35 years now and the little ones love to help their dad out when they can. His brother Julio also runs his own coffee farm nearby, as does his daughter Nancy (one of his two grown-up children from his first marriage) who has graduated from helping on the farm to running her own. Clearly the move to Caranavi was a felicitous decision for Abuela y Abuelo Palli! The Best Bolivian Coffee The Caranavi province sits towards the western edge of Bolivia, on the eastern slopes of the Andes mountain range. Caranavi means "high place" in the Aymara language, one of the indigenous languages spoken in Bolivia. Caranavi province is in a transitional zone between the high Andes and the Amazon basin. It is known for its lush vegetation and has been dubbed the "Coffee Capital of Bolivia" for its ideal growing conditions and over 13,000 hectares of plantations. Caranavi is the hub for amazing Bolivian specialty coffee. Caranavi town (the capital of the province) itself is too low in altitude to grow coffee, so the farms are all situated in the surrounding hills. The Palli family’s farms are dotted around the Copacabana colonia (the Bolivian term for small agricultural villages), as are some other Ozone favourites such as Vincent Palli and Martin Chorino. It’s safe to say the region produces some truly delicious coffees. Tigers and Gold Gregorio’s farm covers 12 hectares in total but only 2 hectares are currently used

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Grown on Gregorio Palli's farm Volcan Del Tigre and processed at Agricafe Buena Vista mill using an Anoxic Washed technique.