for overseas【Limited】COLOMBIA / LA ROCA TIPYCA HONEY
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Taste : Rum, Pear, Papaya, Melon, Complex
La Roca
Country：Colombia
Region : Planados
Farmer : El Paraiso
Refining : La Roca farm
Beans : Typica
Process : Honey
Amount : 100g
〜ABOUT PLANADOS〜
・A region blessed with high altitude and high production volume
Planados is known as one of Colombia's highest regions, reaching an altitude of around 2,150 meters, making it a region blessed with high production.
Coffee has been cultivated in this region for a long time, but it was not widely known as a specialty coffee producing region. The fact that Jorge's lot won the COE award has led to widespread recognition of the potential of the Planadas region as a whole.
・Historical background
Planados has had some tough times in its history. This area was one of the birthplaces of the left-wing guerrilla organization FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), and was politically isolated for a long time. The local economy is heavily dependent on coffee, with about 90% coming from coffee, and the rest from the cultivation of cocoa and maracuja (passion fruit).
・Predecessors who supported the region
There were leaders in Planados who supported the community before Jorge. One of them was Don Camilo. He supported the Asopep cooperative for many years, and his achievements were so well-received that he was even recognized by the government. In fact, he was even given a new office and warehouse as a gift. Building on the foundations built by his predecessors, Jorge made a major shift to quality.
〜ABOUT LA ROCA〜
La Roca Farm has been in business for three generations. While previous generations also grew coffee, it wasn't until the current CEO, Jorge, that they began to seriously focus on specialty coffee.
They first began producing specialty grade coffee about five years ago, and their skills and passion have grown year by year, placing third in their first COE entry in 2022 and 24th in the 2023 COE.
Jorge currently owns three farms, which is larger than the average Colombian farm.
When we first met, he processed his coffee at a cooperative processing station called Asopep, but he has now built his own processing plant on the Asopep site.
They also cultivate a wide variety of varieties. They grow 12 varieties, including Pink Bourbon, Red Bourbon, Geisha, and Chiroso, and are actively replanting with rare varieties and expanding their plots.
〜ABOUT Colombian Coffee Culture〜
In the last twenty years, coffee production in Colombia has undergone major changes.
Ronald states, “For decades, the Colombian coffee industry was dominated by the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia and a limited number of large exporters. The market for people other than that limited number of people opened about fifteen years ago, and coffee producers began to have access to obtaining their own export licenses. This change has had allowed many producers to make a living from coffee. Ninety percent of Colombia’s coffee producers are small-scale producers and many of them were living almost under the poverty level, but with the market being open, there was the possibility that they could earn more.”
In the future, Colombia’s small-scale producers will be divided into two groups: those who aren’t to adapt to the change and those who are able to adapt to the change with flexibility.
Ronald states, “For example, Brazil’s coffee farms are located on the plains and are more industrialized, so producers can produce coffee at a lower cost than we do in Colombia. Most coffee farms in Colombia are located on steep mountain slopes and harvesting coffee is done by hand, which takes time and effort. Increasing the quality and price of coffee is the only way to make coffee production in Colombia survive in the market. On the other hand, producers who are not motivated to improve quality and just repeat the farming practices of previous generations will have problems in the future.”
There is the reality that even Colombia, which is the world’s third-largest coffee producer, is in danger of losing coffee productions if they aren’t competitive with other countries.
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