Description
As conflict has subsided in recent years, locally organized associations have taken the lead in creating market access for these producers. Established in 2019 with 44 producer-members, Asociación de productores de cafés especiales Vereda el Caimán (ASPROCESCA), 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.
Producers carefully harvest and sort cherries before depulping, fermenting, washing, and drying the coffee using their own micro-mills. Traceability and quality control throughout the post harvest process is ensured because ASPROCESCA has a partnership with an export company called Lohas Bean, which has a dry-mill facility and cupping lab where coffee is prepared for export. The partnership provides better income for producers to reinvest in their farms and strengthen their families’ livelihoods.
Tasting Notes: A fresh and clean arrival: best from medium to dark roasts. Lower acidity, fuller bodied, semi-sweet with a stronger more spicy cup profile. The classic Colombian nuttiness comingles with hints of a black tea like spice giving the cup some great depth of flavor. Medium roasts roasts are smooth with just a pinch of a citric crispness upfront. Darker roasts are full of bakers chocolate notes, more semi-sweet smoky with nutty accents. The spice will linger on the tongue in the aftertaste. Great bean for cold brew or espresso, but works for a classic Colombian drip brew as well.
Roasting Notes: Roasts a bit two toned, will see some lighter and darker beans out of the same roast. Medium chaff levels; easy to roast to a medium or dark roast. If shooting for a bit lighter roast, good to go slow and low to even out the beans a bit.
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