The People Behind the Coffee
Colombian coffee is really Sandra Vallejo. Asocafé Tatamá. The producers of Chaparral.
People make the coffee, not the region, and we think you should know exactly who.
Sandra Vallejo
El Tambo · 1,850 - 1,950 masl · 85 points
Sandra Vallejo runs a five hectare farm in Santuario, Risaralda, on the edge of Tatamá National Park, where she also grows plantain. She took the farm over six years ago after her husband's passing, and decided it wasn't going to just survive. It was going to be exceptional.
Today she is part of a strict 40 member association that only accepts coffees scoring 84 points or above. El Tambo scores 85.
"Persistence becoming craft." Sandra Vallejo
Asocafé Tatamá
Madrigal · 1,550–1,950 masl · 83 points
Madrigal is single origin, but that doesn't mean one grower. It means one place. Asocafé Tatamá is a community of small producers in Santuario, Risaralda, growing coffee at 1,550 to 1,950 metres.
No single grower owns Madrigal. It belongs to everyone in the association who helped make it.
Chaparral, Tolima
Luna Decaf · 1,400–2,050 masl · 84 points
Luna Decaf comes from producers in Chaparral, Tolima, grown at 1,400 to 2,050 metres. The caffeine is removed using a natural process made from sugar cane, proof that taking out the caffeine doesn't mean taking out the care.
