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 nice clean cup, tasty from medium to dark roasts. Fuller bodied cup with some pleasant acidity. Classic Colombian, toasted walnut and baker’s chocolate like darker tones comingle with soft acidity and medium sweetness levels. Light roasts can be a little acidic, stronger on the citric notes with just a pinch of soft fruit. A longer setup time is nice on light roasts to mellow it out a bit. Medium roasts accentuate the semi-sweet thicker nutty/walnut like tones with a little spice in the aftertaste, still has a gentle brightness upfront but brings nice balance and a little sweeter edge to the cup. Darker roasts accentuate the semi-sweet tones, turns a bit roasty tasting but works with its fuller body with a creamy mouthfeel, a good roast point if you use a splash of cream.
Roasting Notes: Roasts slightly 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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