Colombia - Narino

CHOCOLATE, CARAMEL, LEMON, JUICY

12oz box of whole bean coffee

Process method: washed
Origin: Colombia
Region: La Unión, Nariño
Farm/Producer: FUDAM Coop
Elevation: 1600 - 2100 masl
Variety: Castillo, Caturra, Colombia

Importer Notes

Fundación Agraria y Ambiental Para el Desarrollo Sostentible (FUDAM) is a 300-member association of organic-certified (and Rainforest Alliance–certified) growers that was founded in the year 2000 by just seven producers who shared a vision of sustainable agriculture as well as environmental protection and development. This group of smallholders lives in and around the small municipality of La Unión in Nariño, where the terrain differs greatly from in other coffee-growing areas like Cauca: instead of walking up from the town to the farms as elsewhere, here the towns are at such high elevation that the farms are typically lower elevation, surrounded by high peaks and rough road.

The farmers pick their coffee during the day and depulp it in the afternoon, typically fermenting the lots for 16–24 hours dry. The coffees are generally washed two or three times before being dried either in small "casa elbas," mechanical dryers, or parabolic dryers. The mechanical drying takes between 25–40 hours, while the other drying structures can take up to 15 days.