Description
Small Producers of China Alta
COUNTRY – Colombia
STATE – Tolima
MUNICIPALITY – China Alta
ELEVATION – 1,800-2,000m above sea level
VARIETY – Caturra, Colombia, Castillo
PROCESSING – Washed
AVERAGE FARM SIZE – 3 hectares
CONTRIBUTING PRODUCERS – Aldemar Quimbayo, Alfredo Conde, Benedicto Puentes, Brayan Marin, Claudia Olaya, Geraldine Buitrago, German Sanchez, Hilmer Conde
RELATIONSHIP LENGTH – Since 2020
Intensely sweet, with lifted florals and a syrupy body. Pink Lady apple, cherry and dark chocolate.
This coffee was grown and processed by eight smallholder producers that are situated around the village of China Alta, a small community located in the municipality of Ibagué, in the state of Tolima, Colombia.
The farms that contributed to this lot are very small – on average just 3 hectares in size – and are located between 1800-2000m above sea level, in the steep, rugged hills that surround Tolima’s capital city, Ibagué. The region of China Alta is named for the Rio La China, a small and beautiful river that curvese through the mountains and eventually feeds into Rio Magdelena, Colombia’s principal river. Coffee farms sit alongside Rio La China, and the water is used to irrigate and process the coffee. Alta refers to the higher elevation areas of this area, where the sweetest and most refined coffees are grown and harvested.
