Wilmar Guarnizo Trujillo - Colombia - Washed

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Producer: Wilmar Guarnizo Trujillo

Farm Name: La Vega

Region: Tarqui, Huila, Colombia

Varietal: Gesha

Processing: Washed

Elevation: 1737 m.a.s.l.

Importer: Caravela

Price Paid: €23,12/kg + €5,57/kg shipping

FOB: USD $16.75/kg

Farm Gate: USD $6.15543/kg

Tastes Like: Very floral, Sage, Jasmine, Peach, Honey, Butter

Our import partners for this Special Edition coffee release is Caravela. We really admire their commitment to making a positive impact in the coffee industry. Their sourcing team lives and works within the very communities they serve, ensuring real connection, trust, and transparency- values we at Vote share.

High in the hills of Tarqui, Huila, lives the story of the Guarnizo Family. Ten siblings (nine brothers and their sister Orfandy) each run their own farm, some side by side like a small village, others spread across more remote parts of the region. Despite the distance, they are united by a shared goal: to produce some of the best coffee Tarqui has to offer. The Guarnizos have become a symbol of family, teamwork, and dedication.

Among them is Wilmar, who inherited his farm La Vega from their father in 2002, when it held not a single coffee tree. Taking the lead, Wilmar became the family’s guide, teaching his siblings how to plant, process, and care for their coffee. They share resources, from fermentation tanks to drying stations, and lend hands at each other’s farms. As Wilmar explains: “We are ten siblings. When there is just a little coffee on the trees, at the beginning or end of the harvest, we all go to each other’s farms to help with picking and post-harvest work.”

At Wilmar’s home, coffee is a true family affair. His wife Tania and their daughter oversee fermentation, hand-sorting, and drying, while Wilmar and his brothers tend to the trees, experiment with new varietals, and protect the local forests. Thanks to the recognition and higher prices for their specialty coffees, Wilmar even fulfilled a promise to his wife -building her the beautiful home she once thought was impossible.

This coffee is also part of Caravela’s PECA Program, an educational initiative that provides farmers with technical support, farm management guidance, and access to crucial information. It’s a program built on long-term relationships and the belief that coffee can be a pathway to prosperity - one farm, and one family, at a time.

From our Head of Coffee, Mars: “The Guarnizo Family has the best-tasting Gesha and Pink Bourbon I’ve had this year.” Both the story and flavour got us very excited to roast and share this very special coffee.