Cupping Notes: Marzipan/Plum/Cedar

Grower: Members of El Bombo
Variety: Pink Bourbon
Region: Pitalito, Huila
Altitude: 1500-1850 meters
Process: Washed

Cooperativa de Caficultores El Bombo (El Bombo Cooperative), previously known as Asobombo, was founded by third-generation producer John Edison Díaz to expand market access and secure fair, sustainable prices for member coffees. Today, their members across Huila, Caquetá, Cauca and Nariño are Organic certified and sell their coffees with El Bombo to garner higher prices for their hard work.

In Pitalito, farms tend to be slightly larger than other regions of Colombia. Most farms here are between 3 and 5 hectares, compared to 1 to 3 hectares in other regions. Most of the families living in Pitalito today immigrated from Nariño in the 19^th and 20^th centuries. Nariño used to be much more densely populated than Huila, but many people migrated to Pitalito in search of affordable, fertile land. In addition to coffee, many producers in Pitalito also grow sugarcane. El Bombo helped member communities build mills where farmers can process sugarcane into panela, a typical raw sugarcane product that is common in rural Colombia.