These coffee beans have been carefully selected by the Cooperative, Caficauca. The coffee is fully wash processed with a fermentation time ranging from 16-19 hours. The beans then go into parabolic solar dryers that take an average time of 10 days to dry the coffee until the target moisture is achieved.
The coffee comes from Piendamó, Cajibio and Morales, which is commonly known as the Tabletop of Cauca. These towns provide an excellent elevation for coffee of 1,800-2,050 masl, with very fertile land and a strong coffee economy. However, this strong coffee economy has come at a big expense. The region has a long history of armed conflict that started in the 1970s. Most land owners were forced to plant illicit crops. Coffee has been a parallel economy that has constantly been at odds with the illicit crops.
