Cupping Notes - Tangerine, vanilla, sugar cane and butter
Origin - Colombia
Location - Popayan Reserve, Cauca
Producer - Various small holders
Altitude - 1500 - 2000 Meters above sea level
Process - Fully Washed
Variety - Castillo and Caturro
Roast - Medium
This Popayan coffee is sourced from around 65 smallholder farms, all five hectares or less. The farms are located on a plateau sitting approximately 1.7 km above sea level in Colombia’s south-west. The region topography is perfect to grow exceptional coffee
The coffee industry in this area provides over 400 people with stable employment, which is financially and administratively supported by the coordination of local organisations such as Cofinet. Cofinet is a family business, and it seeks to expand the global market for Colombian coffee beans, and encourage direct relationships between farmers and roasters. It sees this as being in the interests of smallholder farms who might otherwise struggle to independently sell their Colombian coffee beans on an international scale.
The involvement of collective organisations allows the community to undertake wide-scale environmental initiatives. For example, Cofinet’s Agroforestry mission, which involves the growth and distribution of native trees, allows small coffee farms to benefit from increased vegetation, as well as contributes to the conservation of natural ecosystems.
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