Unchained Coffee Papayo Ombligon Washed from Huila, Colombia (250g) — peach, carambolo (starfruit) and pineapple notes — grown by Absalon Castro at Villa Aranza farm (1,450 masl).

Huila · Finca Villa Aranza · 1,450 masl

PAPAYO OMBLIGON WASHED

Name: PAPAYO OMBLIGON WASHED PROCESS by Absalon Castro
Brand: Unchained Coffee
Price: 30.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Grown byAbsalon Castro

Peach · Carambolo · Pineapple

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The producer

Meet Absalon

ABSALON CASTRO

"Coffee is a real opportunity—when growers lead the way".

Absalón Castro has spent his life in coffee. Not as a trend. As a craft.

He began in 1985, working with coffee cooperatives—traveling between towns, buying, transporting, and learning coffee from every angle. For a time, he stepped away. And like many who truly belong to this land, he came back.

Today, Absalón doesn’t speak from theory. He speaks from experience. From witnessing how one of Colombia’s most productive coffee regions can still lack infrastructure, technology, and fair representation for the people who grow the coffee.

Even so, he chose to stay. To keep going. And to do it better.

Absalón believes in honest work, in quality as a long-term path, and in coffee as a real opportunity—not just for himself, but for his community.

In the cup

What it tastes like

Peach · Carambolo · Pineapple

Aroma

Fragrance

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Roast: Medium
Body: Silky
Best for: POUR OVER

Brew it: pour over

Our starting recipe. Adjust the grind to taste: finer if it's sour or thin, coarser if it's bitter.

Coffee15 g

Water250 g · 93°C / 200°F

Ratio1 : 16.7

GrindMedium-fine

Total time~3:00

The farm · Huila · 1,450 masl

Finca Villa Aranza

VILLA ARANZA

Villaranza is a one-hectare farm in Pitalito, Huila.

Simple. Thoughtfully cared for. Purpose-driven.

Here, Absalón grows close to 4,000 coffee trees, with more than 3,000 currently producing. It’s a small farm, but a deeply meaningful one—the place where he decided to process his own coffee and take back control of quality.

Villaranza is more than a farm. It’s a place of calm, focus, and pride.

Here, Absalón tends every coffee tree with the understanding that quality doesn’t begin at the market—it begins on the farm. Processing his own coffee has allowed him to better understand his product, improve its profile, and feel genuine satisfaction when others recognize his work.

This is coffee shaped by intention.

This is what happens when the grower leads again.

Unchained CoffeePer bag

Chain Receipt

PAPAYO OMBLIGON WASHED

Absalon Castro · Finca Villa Aranza

You pay$30.00

Paid to Absalon$15.00

Where your money goes

Half of this bag goes to Absalon.

6.7×what the commodity market pays. Average earned by our producers in the 2026 pilot.

What changes when the grower truly matters

For years, Absalón watched coffee leave his region for the world, while little value returned in the form of infrastructure, training, or economic stability. The coffee moved on. The growers were left behind.

With Unchained, change begins with something fundamental:

recognizing the value of the grower and their knowledge.

Today, Absalón:

Processes his own coffee
Works to sell dried parchment coffee to achieve fairer returns
Is planning a micro wet mill to improve quality and serve as a learning space for other growers
Sees coffee not only as a means of survival, but as a future

The impact isn’t instant or promised overnight. It’s gradual. Real. Sustainable.

The Unchained model allows Absalón to imagine something that once felt out of reach: a system where coffee finally gives back to the people who grow it.

When growers gain control, knowledge, and direct access to the market, coffee changes.

And when coffee changes, everything changes.

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