House Filter: Jose Maria Rivera | Colombia

More about Jose, his coffee and the ASORCAFE association:

This coffee has been grown and processed by José María Rivera. Jose’s farm El Torres is around 5 hectares large with approximately 2 hectares plated with coffee. The farm is planted with Caturra and Bourbon and yields around 3.5 tonnes of green coffee annually. Jose is an experienced producer and a longtime member of ASORCAFE association based in Inza Cauca.

ASORCAFE association is based in the town of Pedregal in Cauca region, Central Colombia. The association was set up in 2003 by producers for producers, to become more organised and able to connect growers with high quality coffee buyers. It now has over 290 members and also provides further education and training, with the intention to improve living conditions of producers, and their communities. 

Siruma Coffee (Falcon’s and now also our exporter partner in Colombia through whom all our Colombian coffee is currently purchased) started working with ASORCAFE in 2021 after establishing initial connection with them. During harvest Asorcafe deliver samples to Siruma where they are cupped and assessed for their cup quality, making sure the physical specifications meet standards for moisture, yield and cup quality. After this the coffee is delivered to Siruma’s warehouse in Manizales and Asorcafe are paid immediately for the coffees. From Manizales the coffee is prepared for dry milling and export.