Colombia-Orange River-St. Augustine Coffee Manor production Information Award record introduction

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2009 SCAA Annual Champion of the American Fine Coffee Association

Colombia ranks the third largest producer in the world (the first is Brazilian coffee and the second is Vietnamese coffee). The western part of Colombia is an important producing area of the country's boutique coffee, especially in the town of San Augustin St. Augustine, where the Los Naranjos River flows. Naranjos means orange in Spanish, so the joint production batch of small farmers in this area is named Orange River. The hillsides on both sides of the river bank are made up of local coffee farmers, a beautiful community full of lavender, a natural habitat for butterflies and hummingbirds, and a biological reserve bordering Cueva de los Quacharo in the west. This area is located in the canyon where the Columbia mountains meet the coastal mountains in the west and the mountains in the east. Ancient residents lived here and left behind many giant stone carvings. Locals believe that the great natural forces of forests will protect the land from bad weather and give them a quiet and peaceful home. The people who live here protect the land from destruction.

In 2001, local small coffee farmers gathered to improve their production management skills in order to enter the boutique coffee market, and they set up an organization called La Asociacion Los Naranjos de San Augustin (Los Nalanjos Coffee Association). Now it has grown to the size of 50 members, with a total area of 150 hectares of coffee, with an average area of 2.8 hectares per smallholder farm. It produces about 1500 to 2000 kilograms per hectare in the main season, while it also produces about 1 kg per hectare in the byproduct season (Fly Crop, the secondary harvest period).

In the by-product season, because the independent output of each small farmer in Los Naranjos is less than the price required by a micro-batch, the output of small farmers with similar flavor in the cup is mixed into a batch to sell. Los Naranjos's unique local conditions and efforts to improve quality, in addition to stable high-quality output, but also in 2009 SCAA American Fine Coffee Association annual evaluation of 100 coffee samples stand out, won the annual championship (SCAA COTY Winner) affirmation.