La Playita • Inside the Coffee Process
Apía · Risaralda · October 2026
At Reserva Natural de la Sociedad Civil La Playita, we explored the farm and learned about coffee processing. These photographs and clips share an educational stop from our Colombia journey.
Learning about processing
Our guide walked us through the working areas and explained the journey coffee takes after harvest. The full conversation below is in Spanish.
A conversation at La Playita
Our local guide discusses coffee during the La Playita visit. This is the original Spanish conversation, approximately seven minutes long.
Drying coffee with care
Drying is an important part of preparing coffee for storage and milling. Here, coffee is spread across raised trays inside a covered drying structure.
Inside the drying area
Our guide shows the coffee on the drying trays. The clip gives a closer view of the beans and the covered drying area; the spoken explanation is in Spanish.
The landscape around the work
La Playita is featured here as a place we visited to learn about coffee and the region.
Follow the full cherry-to-cup journeyBring the story home
Explore our Country Casa Reserve Collection and the Colombian origins behind each coffee.
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