TERRA ROSA | COLOMBIA | HUILA

Country: Colombia
Region: Sur de Huila, Huila
Producer Terra Rosa Women's Co-Op
Elevation: 1700-1900masl
Cultivar: Castillo, Caturra, Colombia
Process: fully washed, dried inside in solar dryers
Import Partner: 

Notes: Plum, Bakers chocolate, Brown sugar, Lemon/Lime soda

Want to support women in coffee? Terra Rosa is a group of 40 women producers from the Asociación Ecoterra SAS, who are working together to find an international market for their coffee.  Organizing as a group was a critical first step because these women are individually cultivating coffee on small farms with just a few acres of production.   The women have leaders from each community to establish a larger network of support. The model of collaboration produces a traceable community blend with a vibrant regional profile.  Each producer has their own micro-mill to carefully harvest cherries, depulp, ferment, wash and gently dry the parchment on raised beds.  An export company called Mastercol provides crucial logistical support for things like warehousing and milling coffee for export to the international market, which provides better income for everyone to reinvest in their farms and strengthen their families’ livelihoods.  The women hope to use profits from selling their coffee to start an organic vegetable garden and farmers market where they can sell what they grow.