CONDOR PROJECT, Colombia (Washed) Specialty Coffee

Pitalito, Bruselas and Timana, Huila, are the locations where the 96 independent women who are part of the Forest Academy and the HUILA CONDOR project operate. This group of women farmers deliver their coffee to a facility in Huila, where the quality team receives and evaluates it. This region aspires to generate change and become a benchmark in the world of specialty coffee.

• Being motivated by quality, workshops are constantly organized for producers, covering the processes of fermentation, drying and tasting their own coffees.
  
• They are assured of direct and fair payment, offering between 18-20% above the market rate, with 50% paid directly into the women's accounts.
  
• We are organizing an internal competition between producers to promote and provide visibility to the coffees and the improvements made. The competition is called THE FOREST SILVER CUP
  

Through this project, they are not only impacting the industry and the lives of these women, but also contributing to their communities, their families, and the overall progress of the region. This initiative, which focuses on coffee production in specific regions of Colombia, works closely with farming communities.

The goal is to help them improve their processes, increase quality, ensure fair payment, and establish traceability. This initiative aims to connect these farmers directly with coffee roasters around the world and have a tangible impact on the lives of these women, especially by providing visibility and support in a male-dominated industry like specialty coffee.

Condor Project - Washed

This coffee goes through a process that begins with the manual selection of ripe red cherries, followed by the traditional washed method, with variable fermentation times between 24 and 36 hours. Drying is done by exposure to the sun for 15 - 20 days.