Our Producers

Asoapia Periera Colombia (Coffee)

Francisco Asoapia

We are delighted to announce that all our colombian coffee is now directly sourced from Asoapia in Periera Colombia via Francisco Herrera and his team. The plantation was carefully chosen whilst Bryan the Managing Director was in Colombia earlier this year (the picture shown above is at La Clarita Farm) and we have developed a strong producer partnership with them already as having direct links helps us to understand the challenges they face so that we can assist and also bring to life the complex and facinating story the coffee has taken from the bean to your cup.

www.asoapia.org/

Cosurca Colombia (Coffee)

One of our producers in Coast Rica

Along with Colombia we also source our coffees from the Cosurca Cooperative in Colombia and Coocafe in Costa Rica. They have composting programs in several of the communities to help generate organic fertilizer and reduce waste which helps to retain their land and maintain their Organic certification.

Using valuable revenue from Fairtrade sales this has allowed Cosurca to stop the cultivation of more than 1,800 acres of coca and poppy.

Date Established: 1993

Number of Members: 1,090

Annual Production: 16 containers

About the Coffee

Varieties: Typica, Caturra, and Colombia
Elevation: 1400-1900m
Processing: Wet processing and sun drying
Cup Characteristics: medium body, medium high
acidity, and sweet berry flavor
Harvest Season: Apr-Jun
Export Season: May-Oct
Organic Production: 60%
Organic Certification Agency: Biotropico,
Ecocert

Coocafe Costa Rica (Coffee)

Date Established: 1988

Number of Members: 9,590

Annual Production: 6,500 Tonnes

About the Coffee

Varieties: Typica, Caturra, and Colombia
Elevation: 750-1,800m
Processing: Wet processing, sun drying and solar- powered ovens.
Cup Characteristics: varied
acidity, and sweet berry flavour
Harvest Season: Sept-Apr
Export Season: Oct-Jul
Organic Production: 8%
Organic Certification Agency: OCIA
EcoLogica

Conacado Dominican Republic (Chocolate)

Our Chocolate is produced in the Dominican Republic by the Conacado plantation.
Farmer from Conocado Dominican Republic

Date Established: 1988

Number of Members: 9,590

Annual Production: 6,500 Tonnes

About the Chocolate

Varieties: 29% Trinitario, 65% Forastero, 15% Criollo
Processing: 4-5 Days Fermentation in set boxes, 7 days natural sun drying.
Product Specifications; 7% humidity over 85% fermentation
Harvest Season: March-July (maincrop) October-February (midcrop)
Organic Production: 60%
Organic Certification Agency: BCS,BIO,SUISSE,NOP,DEMETER,OKO Garantie

Cafecoop Costa Rica (Coffee)

Cafecoop is a consortium of 7 co-operatives dedicated to selling and marketing coffees from Costa Rica. It acts as a link betwewen coffee buyers and suppliers with the intention of transparency, tracability and sustainability.

Bryan with Sebastien Lafaye Cafecoop Costa Rica