Colombia La Union Narino Slow Food Coffee Coaltion
About This Coffee
The Region
The Narino department in South-West Colombia is renowned for its coffee quality, but also for having a high concentration of smallholder farmers with a low average farm area of 1,13 Ha.
This means that coffee generally receives a high level of care and attention to maximise quality and yield. 35 of the 62 municipalities in the Narino department are coffee producing. Because of its location, Narino has rich environmental diversity and a broad range of different ecosystems in which coffee can be cultivated. With altitudes of up to 2,300masl, coffees can mature slowly, producing a profile with distinct citric acidity and sweet chocolate and caramel notes.
The Producers
At the same time as they became part of the Slow Food Coffee Coalition, the community decided to embrace a participatory guarantee system initiative - in addition to the third-party certifications they already have. PGS are alternative methods of certification based on participation, collaboration and trust, where producers work hand in hand with different stakeholders to guarantee the quality of their coffee, according to the vision of the SFCC's manifesto. The Ethical committee, composed by member of the Community, managed the calendar of the field visits with the Guarantee Group in order to complete the Guarantee Sheet for each producing family of the coffee in this lot, based on a set of commonly-agreed guidelines within all communities participating in the Coffee Coalition.
Luis Carlos Burbano Gomez, the manager of Asprounión and the leader of the Slow Food community since the foundation of the community became an important leader of the Coffee Coalition, participating in international events and bringing the experience of the families of Nariño working with good, clean and fair coffee in international platforms.
- Subregion La Union, Narino
- Producer Type Cooperative
- Processing Washed
- Bag Types Grain Pro / Ecotact
- Plant Species Arabica
- Variety Castillo, Colombia, Pink Bourbon
- Min Growing Altitude 1450m
- Max Growing Altitude 1850m
- Screen Size 15 Up
- Co-Op Productores de Café Colaborativo Jacoba La Unión Nariño
- On Sale No
- Top Lot No
- Price Per Kg €9.65
- Status Spot
- Coffee Grade COL CA WA UGQ
- CTRM Contract Number P8002558-1
- Origin Colombia
- Warehouse Vollers Hamburg