La Esperanza farm is situated in the Trujillo municipality and is the second largest of the 5 farms at 34.3 hectares cropping. This equates to just over 96,500 trees. Often seen in pictures due to the picturesque U shaped house surrounding a courtyard, it produces 11 lots that make up the full offerings from CGLE. 

Being a larger farm, there is the volume to make up a more accessible crop for those looking for a great quality Colombian to partner with a competition offering. 

This coffee contains one of the newer varietals that have come from these producers, Mandela. This is a self pollinated selection from Caturra x Caturra, choosing a bean that gave the best characteristics. This was then crossed with the Timor Hybrid in order to provide some resistance to rust, before being crossed again with Ethiopian landrace varietals such as Sudan Rume, Daleco, and Villa Sarchi. The offspring from those were then selected for the best performing and the varietal stabilised, with the resultant trees exhibiting both bronze and green tips.