San Alberto coffee is the result of the hard work of a family of traditional coffee growers who have undertaken their most ambitious project; to offer a luxury coffee.
San Alberto’s flavor is intimately linked with San Alberto estate, a blessed soil that provides a very characteristic flavor with unique identity.
A coffee with luscious, sweet aromatic notes, reminiscent of caramel and mellow dark chocolate, notable for its delicate fruit-like acidity and harmonious balance, which yields a distinctive and elegant carácter on the palate.
Five labor-intensive selections seeking that only the best beans and best tastes of each harvest become part of San Alberto Coffee.
Coffee cherries are harvested at their ripest, followed by density sorting (by flotation).
Coffee cherries are harvested at their ripest, followed by density sorting (by flotation).
The process of hand-selection of the wet parchment coffee guarantees that only healthy, top-quality beans become part of the drying process Selection of the green beans
Selection of the beans according to size, weight and color during the threshing process.
Selection through coffee cupping guarantees that the batch to be roasted is an accurate representation of the attributes and characteristics of San Alberto coffee.
Our signature process, the five step selection process guarantees great consistency and unparalleled flavor.
Five labor-intensive selections seeking that only the best beans and best tastes of each harvest become part of San Alberto Coffee.
After each harvest our master coffee cupper artistically blends the flavors of the varietals cultivated at our estate, creating a whimsical new flavor.
The most expert palates have awarded San Alberto coffee for its amazing flavor. San Alberto is Colombia’s most award winning coffee.
In recognition of our tireless passion, our rigor in all processes and the privilege that nature has given us, we have been unrestrictedly recognized by the most select baristas on the world scene.
Gustavo Leyva Monroy acquires the Hacienda La Alsacia and changes its name to Hacienda San Alberto to honor his son Gustavo Alberto, who passed in a fatal plane accident.
Gustavo buys the house adjacent to the Hacienda and turned it into the main household of the Hacienda.
Gustavo dies in an accident on the road from Hacienda San Alberto to Armenia. His wife Melba takes charge of the property.
Looking to increase production, Hacienda San Alberto acquires the neighboring estate La Ponderosa, which includes the highest lands of the property, between 1,700 and 1,800 meters above sea level.
Se extiende la propiedad anexando el lote más alto, La Ponderosa.
Olga, the eldest daughter, together with her husband Eduardo adquiere total control of the property. They initiate a big transformation of the estate.
The renovation of the main house and the production facilities takes place.
This year the transformation of the Hacienda is accomplished, led by the vision of Eduardo Villota.
After ten years of dedicated work with a commitment towards quality, the environment and the workers Hacienda San Alberto obtains the UTZ certification.
Creation of Grupo Kallpasapa (San Alberto Coffee) by the children of Olga and Eduardo.
The neighboring farm El Paraiso is added to San Alberto estate.
Opening of San Alberto Terrace (Buenavista, Quindío) and the quality laboratory.
La Hacienda receives the Rain Forest Alliance certification for its sustainable agricultural practices.
The first export becomes a reality, its destination South Korea.
Café San Alberto is recognized internationally in Russia as the first Colombian coffee to obtain the Gold Medal as Product of the Year at the Moscow Food Fair.
San Alberto is the first Colombian coffee to receive the iTQi Crystal Taste Award after three consecutive years winning the maximum award. That same year receives the Monde Selection Gold Award in Bordeaux.
San Alberto is the first Colombian coffee to receive the iTQi Crystal Taste Award after three consecutive years winning the maximum award. That same year receives the Monde Selection Gold Award in Bordeaux..
San Alberto opens another coffee shop in this beautiful historic center of Cartagena. A place to savor the effort carried out at Hacienda San Alberto.
Café San Alberto has been chosen as Colombia's most exotic coffee amidst the Land of Diversity quality competition.
San Alberto opens its second store in Bogotá, located in Usaquen.
San Alberto opens its third Coffee Temple in Bogotá, located in La Candelaria, in the emblematic Avianca building in downtown Bogotá.
San Alberto opens a coffee Temple immerse in the emblematic Santo Domingo square in Cartagena.
