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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for El Recuerdo, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for El Recuerdo; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for El Recuerdo; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for El Recuerdo; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇨🇴Colombia · Huila

El Recuerdo

Roasted by 49th Parallel Coffee RoastersRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsColombiaHuilaWashedMedium-Light roastCaramelOrangeArabicaSingle originSpecialtyEl RecuerdoCarlos Guamanga49th Parallel Coffee Roasters
🇨🇴ColombiaWashedField BlendMedium-Light roast
Brand
—
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇨🇴Colombia
Region
Huila
Town
Pitalito
Farm / Station
El Recuerdo
Farmer / Producer
Carlos Guamanga
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Specialty
Variety
Field Blend
Process
Roast
Medium-Light
Tasting notes
Caramel, Orange, Red Fruit
Fermentation
Extended fermentation; duration not published
Drying
Slowly dried in a marquesina (covered drying structure)
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • harvestThe current roaster page does not publish a harvest date or crop year.
  • fermentation durationThe roaster describes an extended fermentation but does not publish its duration.
  • drying durationThe roaster identifies slow marquesina drying but does not publish the duration.
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The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

Every link we could verify, traced in one place. Follow the chain as far as it goes — when the industry doesn't disclose a link, we say so instead of guessing.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    El Recuerdo
  2. 02
    The brand
    Not disclosed
  3. 03
    The roaster
    49th Parallel Coffee Roasters
  4. 04
    The variety
    Field Blend
  5. 05
    The farm
    El Recuerdo
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Carlos Guamanga
  7. 07
    The region
    Huila
  8. 08
    The country
    🇨🇴Colombia
From the producer

Carlos Guamanga operates the El Recuerdo farm in the Huila region, where the cool mountain climate is utilized to slow cherry maturation for improved cup quality.

From the roaster

El Recuerdo is a high elevation washed coffee from Huila, Colombia. Roasted for espresso.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

El Recuerdo is a high-elevation washed coffee from Huila, the Colombian department that has done more than any other to define what 'Colombian coffee' means to the wider world. Roasted for espresso at 49th Parallel, it is a modern take on the everyday Huila cup: chocolate-sweet but with the elevation's brightness intact.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Ripe cherry selected

Coffee from Finca El Recuerdo was harvested at approximately 1,800 metres near Pitalito, Huila.

02
Washed with extended fermentation

The Caturra and Pink Bourbon lot underwent the farm’s washed process with an extended fermentation.

03
Covered drying

The coffee was slowly dried in a marquesina, a covered drying structure.

What was added?

Nothing added is documented.

What wasn't added?

The roaster does not report added fruit, spices, flavorings, or inoculated cultures.

Why it matters

Extended fermentation followed by protected drying can build sweetness and fruit definition while keeping the cup clean enough for a structured espresso profile.

What you might taste

Caramel, orange, and red fruit are the roaster’s tasting descriptors, not ingredients.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://49thcoffee.com/products/colombia-el-recuerdo-espresso-062026
Coffee profile

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

This coffee is in our database because we can reliably document it — but we haven't tasted and scored it yet, and we never publish a score we haven't earned.

Outside reviews and internet discussion — is kept clearly separate from our own review. When we taste it, our full review appears here.

The internet pulse

What the internet is saying about this coffee

Research complete — no qualifying reviews yet

Our research pipeline scanned public reviews, videos, forums and discussions for this coffee (last pass 2026-10-11) and found no independent review of this exact release that meets our verification standards. When qualifying sources appear, they'll be published here.

What we found

Exact-name searches found no verifiable independent review of the current release. A July 21, 2016 review covers an earlier El Recuerdo release and was excluded; seller-hosted pages were also excluded.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: El Recuerdo →Meet the farmer: Carlos Guamanga →
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