Luis Camacho - Colombia

About this coffee

This coffee was imported by LaReb (La Real Expedición Botánica), a radical producer-owned export co-operative/movement. LaReb's stated goal is ,"to develop de-colonised supply chains and operate outside the typical multinational pathways of coffee". Herbert and his team leverage their own experience alongside the vast pool of collective knowledge across the coffee chain (areas such as financing, quality, export and import are thoroughly covered in the LaReb membership) to enable members are able to define their own terms of engagement. As La Reb warehouse coffees in Belfast (at The Roastworks) we've been fortunate enough to taste their coffees alongside them whilst learning more about their mission and values.

Luis Édgar Camacho's father spent years picking cherry on other people's farms to save enough to buy the land that would become Finca La Palma, where this coffee was grown. He sadly passed away not long after acquiring the property, which was then taken over by Luis Edgar's mother. She still cultivates her own plots on adjacent land, and the siblings built a house on the property to remain close to her. Today Luis Edgar farms La Palma with his wife ,Ledy, and sons, Jairo and Stiven. The operation is small enough that only one or two additional pickers are brought on during harvest.