Finca El Placer, owned by Sebastián Ramírez, is located in Quindio at the heart of the “Eje Cafetero” also known as the coffee triangle, a part of the Paisa region in the rural area of Colombia. There are four departments in the area: Caldas, Quindío, Risaralda and Tolima and is responsible for the majority of the coffee produced in Colombia.
Sebastián is a fourth-generation coffee producer who began working with coffee fourteen years ago and gained valuable experience managing his parent’s farm. This allowed him to develop the El Placer project which began with his family farm and now includes partner farms of small coffee producers in Quindío and Huila: Andalucía, La Sofia, La Carito and La Paz.
Their Processing Centre “El Placer Farms Hacienda Córcega Beneficio Center” is located in Quimbaya and is equipped with the latest technology, allowing the farms belonging to the project to process their coffee using cutting edge techniques. The project has also undertaken a Generational Relief initiative with the primary goal of educating and inspiring young individuals to pursue careers as coffee producers, thus playing a pivotal role in shaping the future generation of coffee producers.
The El Placer farm itself sits between 1,590 and 1,740 masl in Calarcá, a municipality in the eastern part of the department of Quindío. The lush rolling hills are planted with high quality varieties like pink Bourbon, Gesha, Bourbon Sidra and Wush Wush. Sebastián focuses his attention on the fermentation process and works closely with Q-graders and Q-Processing professionals to perfect his protocols. He’s a young and very passionate producer who also dedicates his time to adopting and caring for rescue dogs with a local charity. Many of his coffee lots are named after his dogs.