This is our first time featuring an SL-28 from Monkaaba, and this lot is special as it's comprised of a few of our favourite producers from the Monkaaba project including Esnaider Ortega and Pastor Ordoñez.
- Variety: SL-28
- Country: Colombia
- Region: Kennedy, Sevilla, and La Muralla, San Agustin, Huila
- Process: Washed
- Altitude: 1670-1800 MASL
- Harvest: 2025
- Producer: Pastor Ordoñez, Damian Bolaños, Esnaider Ortega and Maria Alejandra Astudillo
- Roast Level: Light
Monkaaba is a smallholder coffee grower empowerment initiative based in San Agustin and led by Esnaider Ortega Gomez and select other growers who have worked for many years to sell their coffee as a specialty. Many of them are associated loosely or directly with the Los Naranjos group and have, in recent years, begun to feel that they would like to develop more autonomy over the coffee production as well as involvement in its marketing and sales. Monkaaba’s goal then is to assist other growers in the area to not only find a better market for their coffee, one that pays a solid price, but also to invest in the knowledge and skill of producers in a way that ensures their future success.