COLOMBIA FTO TOLIMA EL VOLCAN GRAINPRO

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About this coffee

Grower

16 Producers organized around Asociación De Productores Transformadores Y Comercializadores De Cafe De La Zona Rural Sur Del Municipio De Ataco Departamento Del Tolima (ATPROCAFÉS)

Altitude

1780 – 1900 masl

Variety

Caturra, Colombia

Soil

Volcanic loam

Region

Planadas, Tolima, Colombia

Process

Fully washed and dried on patios and elevated tables inside solar dryers that provide protection from the rain

Harvest

May-Septiembre

Certification

Fair Trade | Organic

Coffee Background

For many years Tolima has remained hidden in plain sight, cradled between other well-known coffee growing regions, because armed conflict and coca leaf production isolated small coffee producers and exposed them to high rates of violence. During this time the municipality of Planadas, located in the southernmost corner of Tolima, had remained an untapped source of specialty coffee where thousands of producers have been cultivating coffee on just a few acres of land intercropped with shade trees, bananas, corn, beans and sugarcane. As conflict has subsided in recent years, locally organized associations have taken the lead in creating market access for these producers. Established in 2013 with 20 producer-members, ATPROCAFÉS has focused on certifications and training producers in best organic practices. The cooperative has invested in basic infrastructure needs like road improvements, establishing local warehouses, creating micro-credit for producers and investing in social programs on a larger and more impactful scale, using the collective resources generated from the sale of coffee. Environmental training programs, healthcare initiatives, life insurance, and educational opportunities are just some of the ways the cooperative strives to improve the quality of life for coffee producers and their families. During the harvest, producers carefully sort cherries before depulping, fermenting, washing, and drying the coffee using their own micro-mills and then deliver the coffee to the cooperative. Traceability and quality control throughout the post-harvest process is also ensured because Inconexus, a Colombian exporter company and trusted Royal partner, provides cupping analysis and prepares this coffee for export.