{"id":633,"date":"2018-05-17T04:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/2018\/05\/17\/atop-a-mountain-colombias-cafe-san-alberto-takes-cues-from-vineyards\/"},"modified":"2018-07-30T15:23:06","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T01:23:06","slug":"atop-a-mountain-colombias-cafe-san-alberto-takes-cues-from-vineyards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/2018\/05\/17\/atop-a-mountain-colombias-cafe-san-alberto-takes-cues-from-vineyards\/","title":{"rendered":"Atop A Mountain, Colombia\u2019s Caf\u00e9 San Alberto Takes Cues From Vineyards"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This story begins in Buenavista, the tiniest town in Colombia\u2019s smallest state of Quind\u00edo. Here, some of the country\u2019s best-regarded coffees are grown. Here, also, is Caf\u00e9 San Alberto<\/a>, a cafe founded in 2007 that sits atop a mountain, overlooking sprawling farms, where coffee is drunk from wine glasses and baristas and cuppers are like artists. <\/p>\n

The cafe is connected to Hacienda San Alberto, whose operation has been overseen by the same family for three generations. The commitment to the farm is paying off\u2014this year, one of their coffees fetched the highest price in the National Quality Competition, which was held by Colombia\u2019s national coffee growers federation. <\/p>\n

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Juan Pablo and Gustavo Villota, brothers and the newest generation overseeing San Alberto\u2019s operations, were in France touring vineyards when they had the idea to try translating the experience of drinking wine in the country to their own 40-hectare coffee estate in Colombia. With the Buenavista cafe, they appear to have succeeded. A trail of coffee trees leads up to a terrace, where depending on the time of day, guests can take in foggy mornings or overlook a seemingly endless expanse of green mountainsides. <\/p>\n

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The Villotas have cafes in Cartagena and the Gold Museum in addition to their Buenavista space, with a forthcoming cafe in Bogota. But the experience of drinking coffee at the farm itself remains singular. They offer multiple tours of San Alberto\u2019s coffees, including a so-called \u201cCoffee Baptism,\u201d which purports to educate guests in the \u201cmagic behind the most award-winning Colombian coffee.\u201d <\/p>\n

Of course, there isn\u2019t any actual magic behind what makes San Alberto\u2019s coffee so remarkable. Instead, there are years of commitment to quality and experimentation. Experiencing it on the same estate where it\u2019s grown is a bonus.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Caf\u00e9 San Alberto is located at Calle de Los Santos de Piedra Cra. 4 #34-1 a 34-91, Cartagena, Bol\u00edvar<\/a>. Visit their official website<\/a> and follow them on Twitter<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/div>\n

Luc\u00eda Hern\u00e1ndez is a freelance journalist based in Colombia. This is\u00a0Luc\u00eda Hern\u00e1ndez’s first article for Sprudge.<\/em><\/p>\n

The post Atop A Mountain, Colombia’s Caf\u00e9 San Alberto Takes Cues From Vineyards<\/a> appeared first on Sprudge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source: Coffee News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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