Colombia
Product Description
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A favorite for many coffee drinkers, our Colombian coffee is medium-bodied, mild and fruity, with a sweet aroma and dry finish.
12 ounces.
If you like our Colombia, be sure to try our Dominican Republic, Bolivia, and Peru!
Elevation: 1200-1700 meters
Variety: Colombiana (similar to Caturra)
Asociacion de pequenos caficultores de Ocamonte (APCO)- Colombia
Founded in 1994, APCO is a well organized group of 270 farming families, most of whom live in in the municipality of Ocamonte in the state of Santander. This area is considered one of the most peaceful coffee growing regions in Colombia. Visitors are warmly welcomed to this region which is also known for its striking physical beauty and a budding eco and adventure tourism industry.
Among the larger community projects that were constructed with fair trade premium are three bridges and a portion of a school. The fair trade committee - which has existed for many years - makes recommendations to the group for annual projects then trains the trainers for each community on how to carry out the project. Past projects include kitchen renovations for homes, chicken projects to add income to the family from the sale of eggs, group cow purchases, and seed distribution projects.
Fondo Paez - Colombia
The Paez (who also call themselves Nasa, or "the people") is the largest indigenous group in Colombia. Their land is in the Cordillera Central - centered around the mountains of the Cauca departamento (state). Fondo Paez was founded in 1992, with the primary goal of recuperating traditional agricultural knowledge and indigenous culture which had been buried by centuries of conflict and oppression. Paez community leaders teamed up with Fundacion Colombia Nuestra, a Colombian-based non-profit, to start the "Recovering Agricultural Knowledge" program. The main cash crop of this region is still coffee, and, to ensure a stable income for their members, Fondo Paez organized community based coffee cooperatives. They became more organized and, by 2000, they were selling coffee through the Coffee Federations Specialty Coffee program.
A favorite for many coffee drinkers, our Colombian coffee is medium-bodied, mild and fruity, with a sweet aroma and dry finish.
12 ounces.
If you like our Colombia, be sure to try our Dominican Republic, Bolivia, and Peru!
Elevation: 1200-1700 meters
Variety: Colombiana (similar to Caturra)
Asociacion de pequenos caficultores de Ocamonte (APCO)- Colombia
Founded in 1994, APCO is a well organized group of 270 farming families, most of whom live in in the municipality of Ocamonte in the state of Santander. This area is considered one of the most peaceful coffee growing regions in Colombia. Visitors are warmly welcomed to this region which is also known for its striking physical beauty and a budding eco and adventure tourism industry.
Among the larger community projects that were constructed with fair trade premium are three bridges and a portion of a school. The fair trade committee - which has existed for many years - makes recommendations to the group for annual projects then trains the trainers for each community on how to carry out the project. Past projects include kitchen renovations for homes, chicken projects to add income to the family from the sale of eggs, group cow purchases, and seed distribution projects.
Fondo Paez - Colombia
The Paez (who also call themselves Nasa, or "the people") is the largest indigenous group in Colombia. Their land is in the Cordillera Central - centered around the mountains of the Cauca departamento (state). Fondo Paez was founded in 1992, with the primary goal of recuperating traditional agricultural knowledge and indigenous culture which had been buried by centuries of conflict and oppression. Paez community leaders teamed up with Fundacion Colombia Nuestra, a Colombian-based non-profit, to start the "Recovering Agricultural Knowledge" program. The main cash crop of this region is still coffee, and, to ensure a stable income for their members, Fondo Paez organized community based coffee cooperatives. They became more organized and, by 2000, they were selling coffee through the Coffee Federations Specialty Coffee program.