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Banda Rebelde (Colombia)

Included ($30/month)

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A group of family members and neighbors banded together to produce this tasty washed coffee. This iteration features nectarine, lime, and molasses tasting notes. Banda Rebelde is a five-producer community lot from Didier Javier Pajoy (their leader), Elias Pajoy, Erick Pajoy, Albert Caldón, and Daniel Sanchez in La Plata, Huila, grown at 1650-1950 meters. The name (rebel gang in English) reflects their farming approach – they eschew the National Federation of Colombian Coffee Growers' focus on synthetic, chemical-dependent varieties and instead view their healthy soils as an investment in the future. They collectively make bio-fertilizers, such as Super Magro, using resources from the surrounding environment, bolstering the soil's microbial population and ensuring a resilient local ecology. Shared Source has built a relationship with the Banda Rebelde based on trust, offering interest-free pre-finance loans that allow these producers to pay higher wages to pickers for careful cherry harvesting. All processing is done on-site. Each producer selects only ripe cherries and floats them in water to remove defects. They ferment whole cherries for 12 hours, then depulp and seal the coffee in fermentation barrels with one-way degassing valves for 36-40 hours before washing. The change in coffee mucilage flavor indicates when it's time to wash the beans. We hope you enjoy this coffee's robust and delicious flavor, undoubtedly the result of meticulous land care by its producers. Cheers to Shared Source and the rebel gang for providing this gem!