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El Girasol

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Editorial verification pending: legacy records sharing this web address disagree about the farm name or country. This page presents one documented record, not a verified merger of those identities. Consult the original research sources below.

This is a research profile, not an independently conducted farm visit. Producer and coffee relationships are shown only when the records agree. Check the research sources below for supporting evidence.

The story

In Huila, the farm was historically managed by Abelardo Medina, with Nicolas Medina later continuing operations. In Quindío, the farm is managed by third-generation producer Robinson Ortiz, who has overseen the property for the past decade.

Challenges

The farm has navigated shifts from traditional washed production toward more controlled and standardized processing methods to improve quality.

Innovations

Innovations include the implementation of balanced agroforestry systems to create a more stable growing environment and the adoption of precise, standardized fermentation protocols.

Farm profile visuals

Profile visuals may include editorial illustrations, not documentary photographs of this farm.

Editorial illustration representing coffee farm El Girasol; not a verified photograph
Editorial illustration · not a verified farm photograph
Editorial illustration representing coffee farm El Girasol; not a verified photograph
Editorial illustration · not a verified farm photograph
Editorial illustration representing coffee farm El Girasol; not a verified photograph
Editorial illustration · not a verified farm photograph

Published coffees linked to this farm

For blends, a farm may be named for one documented component without growing the entire coffee. These catalog relationships do not independently verify every lot, harvest or producer. See individual coffee profiles for traceability evidence.

Research sources & verification

These source links were recorded for this farm profile. They document its research trail; a linked source is not, by itself, confirmation of every farm, producer, coffee lot or photo identity.

Research last reviewed: 2026-10-26

  1. Source 1: seycoffee.com
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  4. Source 4: roastdb.com
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  6. Source 6: amatterofconcrete.com
  7. Source 7: worldcoffeeindex.com
  8. Source 8: thebeangeek.com
  9. Source 9: friedhats.com
  10. Source 10: cafechapman1935.com
  11. Source 11: coffeedrippd.com