About Smallholder producers of Colombia

Sometimes the sum of something is greater than its parts. A perfect example would be this carefully curated coffee dubbed La Caldera. Alone, 30 small farms from the Pasto region of Narino are growing really good coffees but in lots too small to process separately. But combined with each other, the lots morph into something extra special, and Azahar Coffee in Colombia does the combining for these smallholders.

The team at Azahar has a mission to halt the coffee value chain at the point where separate coffees begin to lose connection to the farmers who produce them. They interview farmers, find outstanding coffees, and assign unique QR Codes to each producer they work with. This allows coffee drinkers a way to trace each coffee back to the human being who grew it, which in turn adds value to coffee at its source, bringing higher premiums that hardworking farmer.