Flavor Notes:
Light: nutty + plum + sweet dried fruit + citrus
Medium: cocoa + nutty + chocolate + smooth
Location: Caldas, Colombia
Variety: Bourbon, Castillo, Caturra
Process: Fully washed
Elevation: 1,300 - 1,800 m.a.s.l.
 
The Producer
 
The Cooperative Alto Occidente grew from an effort to take a stand against exploitation. The coffee growers in the Riseralda/Caldas region had had their fill of being exploited by the middlemen who were the main buyers of their beans up until that point in the 1950s. To combat this exploitation, a group of farmers worked together to form Cooperative Alto Occidente. The cooperative purchased coffee, offered access to credit and provided agricultural materials. All members of the cooperative are smallholder farmers. Families do the majority of labor on the farms.
 
100% whole bean arabica coffee