PRODUCERS

• Gayo Organic Coffee Farmers Association, Indonesia
• La Central de Cooperativas Cafeteleras de Honduras
• Empresa Cooperativa del sur del Cauca, Colombia.

STRENGTH GUIDE :  FULL/MEDIUM/ (4)

STUART'S TASTING NOTES

"Something very special! A blend of pure arabica coffee, immediately spicy to taste, with caramel or toffee notes developing on the palette, with a long lasting finish. Perfect for either espresso or any milky based drink."

A BIT ABOUT THE COFFEE AND THE FARMERS

• INDONESIA: A typical Sumatran, heavy bodied and intense.  The Gayo Organic Coffee Farmers Association (or PPKGO) has 1,800 ethnically diverse members in over 20 communities, and comprises 20% women. The individual members of PPKGO typically farm one to four acres, mixing coffee with other fruits and vegetables.
• HONDURAS: In the past few years, the coffees of Honduras have received increasing accolades in international competitions. The coffee is grown at elevations of 900m to 1,600m on ground that has been naturally fertilized, by time and seasons. CCCH was founded in 1998 and comprises over 10,000 farmers in 80 co-operatives based in the 12 mountainous states of Honduras.
• COLOMBIA: One of the world's most popular coffees. COSURCA is composed of 1,400 members in 15 cooperatives in Cauca, a mountainous province of southwestern Colombia. Farmers in the area work under constant threat and disruption from armed extremist groups and drug running gangs. Fairtrade has given COSURCA a financial stability which has enabled the farmers to maintain a strong enough organization to resist these threats.