More about the coffee, producer & region.

This coffee comes from 35 small holders based in the area of Ortega, Tolima belonging to an association called Cafe Agrario. Cafe Agario has seen some difficulties being situated in a region troubled by the civil war but also from poor leadership and coffees being sold on credit to coffee buyers that never paid for coffee delivered. The Association was started in 2014 but they didn't realise until 2017 that actually they weren't an official registered association due to the poor leadership. In the more recent years they have been focusing on specialty coffee to add value to their product and then also being roasting and selling coffee locally. The association want to keep progressing and be able to have their own warehouse and buying point for their members to be able to deliver coffee straight to Siruma to become more vertically integrated in the supply chain and to have greater control. They have just delivered their first coffees themselves to Siruma which is a huge marker in their progress.