Colombia Sara Gutiérrez

Coming from five generations of coffee producers, Sara Gutiérrez was raised on her family’s coffee farm in Buenavista, Colombia. Initially pursuing a path outside of coffee, she returned home to embrace her family’s legacy. She began experimenting with new processing methods, initially carbonic maceration, on her Yellow Colombia and Yellow Caturra varietals. Despite early challenges, she perservered and caputred the flavors that she sought out from this process and it has become a signature of her coffees. She now has her own farm in Filandia, El Silencio, where she continues to refine her craft. Sara also serves as the treasurer of the Colombian chapter of the International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA), is an internal judge for the Colombia Cup of Excellence, and the president of her local coffee committee, a role traditionally held by men. This specific lot of coffee features a honey-processed Caturra that incorporates beer hops during fermentation.