Colombia Asobombo Woman’s Group FW ORGANIC (SCA: 84,5)

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Colombia Asobombo Woman’s Group FW ORGANIC

Wat is Specialty koffie?
Ongeveer 1% van de wereldproductie van koffie is specialty coffee. Wanneer de gecupte koffie in totaal 80 punten of meer behaalt, mag deze de naam Specialty Coffee dragen. Van 90 tot en met 94 punten heet het Premium Specialty en bij 95 tot en met 100 punten is het Super Premium Specialty.

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Grupo Asociativo El Bombo Pitalito Inza, Asombombo for short, was founded by Luis Alfredo Diaz to increase market access and attain fair, sustainable prices for their coee. Today, more than 80 members are Organic certified and sell their coees with Asobombo to garner higher prices for their hard work.

This lot was produced by 15 female members of Asobombo who live and farm in Huila. They are Organic certified and dedicated to producing high-quality specialty coees through careful cultivation and processing. They continue to invest the premiums from their coee into improving their farm and processing infrastructure and they’re always looking to learn new processing techniques to improve overall quality.

In Pitalito, farms tend to be slightly larger than other regions of Colombia. Most farms here are between 3 and 5 hectares, compared to 1 to 3 hectares in other regions.

Most of the families living in Pitalito today immigrated from Nariño in the 19th and 20th centuries. Nariño used to be much more densely populated than Huila, but many people migrated to Pitalito in search of aordable, fertile land.

In addition to coee, many producers in Pitalito also grow sugarcane. Asobombo helped member communities build mills where farmers can process sugarcane into panela, a typical raw sugarcane product that is common in rural Colombia.

The women contributing to this lot and their families selectively handpick ripe, red cherry and process it on their farms. They pulp cherry on small handcrank pulpers and ferment it in tanks for 12 to 36 hours. Following fermentation, parchment is washed in clean water and laid in parabolic beds, marquesinas or patios to dry. They rake parchment frequently to ensure even drying.

The Huila region is one of the most well-known coee growing areas of Colombia. The Department of Huila has a population of 1.125 million and is located in the southwest of the country. The capital of the department is Neiva, a city of about 380,000.

Along with Cauca and Nariño, Huila is one the three departments where the Colombian Massif is located. A massif is a group of mountain ranges, and the Colombian Massif, which is known locally as Nudo de Almaguer, provides up to 70% of safe drinking and agricultural water for the Colombian population.

The Magdalena River, the Colombia’s largest river, runs through the region, providing plenty of water for coee farming and generating (directly and indirectly) up to 86% of Colombia GDP. The mountain range also features the fertile volcanic soil so typical to the Andean Mountains.

Colombia has been producing and exporting coee renowned for their full body, bright acidity and rich aftertaste, since the early 19th century.

Colombia boasts a wide range of climates and geographic conditions that, in turn, produce their own unique flavors in coee. This also means that harvest times can vary quite a bit. In fact, between all its dierent regions, Colombia produces fresh crop nearly all year round.

The increasing focus on the specialty industry is changing the way traders and farmers do business. It is becoming more common for farmers to isolate the highest quality beans in their lots to market separately. These higher-quality lots are often sold under specific brands or stories.

Besides its wide variety of cup profiles, Colombia has quickly expanded its certification options over the past 10 years. The most common certifications available are Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance, UTZ and Organic