Finca Abisinia is the latest coffee to arrive from the competition we held in Huila, Colombia. We hold annual competitions in Huila and Nariño and we are delighted with the new coffees arriving from our latest event in Huila. During the competition we invite farmers to submit samples and we then spend four weeks hulling, sample roasting and tasting the coffees, culminating with a presentation and award ceremony. The premium paid to all the winners helps to pay off mortgages, build new houses and invest in farm maintenance and equipment. Helio Córdoba Quinayas was taught coffee growing by his father and his grandfather and has been a coffee farmer since he was sixteen. Helio’s grandfather named the farm Abisinia and it was left to Helio and his brother Fidencio when their father died twenty years ago. Both brothers have six hectares of land each and until the last ten years they worked, processed and sold their coffees separately. As they have gotten a bit older they now combine forces and have focussed on a smaller part of their farm to concentrate on delivery of the best quality coffee they can grow and process.

Varietal: Castillo and Caturra
Region: San Lorenzo, Huila

Finca Abisinia

We source and roast coffee from single farms, estates and cooperatives. When we taste a coffee that we like, we want to know where it comes from and who grows, picks and processes it. We travel extensively throughout the year, visiting the producers and cooperatives with whom we currently work and looking for interesting varietals of coffee and new farms from which to buy. During these visits we talk to farmers and cooperative members, learning more about the coffee they grow and process and the challenges that they face. We then look to establish a relationship with the grower and exporter of that coffee. We believe that where such a relationship exists, quality, quantity and price requirements can be discussed in an open and equal way. We see this as sustainable, fair and equal trade.

Finca Abisinia

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Finca Abisinia