Colombia Granja La Esperanza Sudan Rume Natural

Arrived June 2025 by air, a Direct Trade new crop coffee from one of the most notable producers in Colombia.

Sudan Rume:

Sudan Rume is an ancient landrace variety that was first cultivated in South Sudan’s Boma plateau located on Sudan's southern border with Ethiopia. It is a unique, scarce variety and genetically one of the purest forms of Arabica coffee, not having been hybridized, and traceable to the wild forests of Ethiopia and the origins of coffee. Due to its very low yield, it is not widely produced, but its low output is balanced by its outstanding flavor attributes. It is a parent of some famed Kenya varieties such as SL-28, developed for flavor and disease resistance in the 1950s by Scott Labs.  This rare variety, when grown and processed by skilled producers, yields one of the most flavorful and distinctive cups to be had.

Granja La Esperanza, Las Margaritas:

The farm began the modern part of its journey in 1945 when the current owner's father, Juan Antonio acquired the farm and began planting some varieties that were then outside the ordinary. Juan and his wife Blanca had 14 children, most of whom later in life came to work for the family business.  Of them, two in particular showed a keen interest in coffee farming, including the current patriarch Rigoberto Herrera. The organization known as Granja La Esperanza owned one farm in Potosi Colombia. Over the years they acquired another farm in the Trujillo region where they could expand production. In 2007 Rigoberto went afar to lease and manage a coffee farm in Boquete Panama called “La Carleida”, and a year later received first place in the “Best coffee of Panama”, organized by the Specialty Coffee Association of Panama. Following this success he brought Geisha variety seeds back to Colombia, starting a new era in at Granja La Esperanza. Today, Granja La Esperanza owns four properties in different parts of Colombia, the gem being Las Margaritas in Valle del Cauca. There they plant and raise exotic varieties of coffee and process in a variety of methods. The varieties include this fantastic Sudan Rume, Geisha, Sidra, Laurina as well as others. Coffee from this farm has been chosen by baristas to represent them in worldwide competitions. There is a huge list of 1st place awards by national and international barista champions using high scoring, exotic coffees from Granja La Esperanza.

• Country: Colombia
• Department: Valle del Cauca
• Municipality: Caicedonia
• Producer: Rigoberto Herrera
• Farm: Granja La Esperanza
• Specific property: Las Margaritas
• Varietal: Sudan Rume
• Elevation: 1570 - 1850 meters
• Processing: Natural, sun dried

A hillside planted with coffee as the Las Margaritas property of Granja La Esperanza