Colombia AMACA Women Produced
El Tambo, Cauca
Castillo
Colombia
Between 1.750 - 2.000 M.A.S.L
Washed
Chocolate
Caramel
Molasses
Apricot
The AMACA Journey
AMACA (Asociación de Mujeres Productoras Agropecuarias del Cauca) is a group of women producers located in El Tambo, Cauca, Colombia that was formed in 1999 by 80 women from El Tambo, in Colombia’s Cauca department. They are located in the municipality of Tambo in three districts: Anaye, Chisquillo Monte Redondo and San Joaquín.
Now AMACA is 140 smallholder members strong, all women farm owners and heads of household—and their coffees are fantastic. All of the members derive their livelihood and the livelihoods of their families from the cultivation and production of coffee.
The Journey
Discover, Connect, Enjoyis to bring a better quality of life to its community and family members. To this end, we ensure that coffee importers pay a premium above the value of the coffee. This directly supports the group's aspirational goals, which include adequate warehouse space to store, cup and manage the coffees.
AMACA todayToday, 140 active members from three different villages across the El Tambo municipality make up AMACA. The average farm size is 1 hectare (5,000 trees) per member, some members have 3+ hectares and many members have less than one.
Harvesting & ProcessIn 2008, AMACA partnered with the Ministry of Agriculture, the governor of Cauca, and the municipality of El Tambo to increase the production and quality of coffee on 80 members’ farms. In 2010, the organization “Social Action” supplied 22 farms with new wet mills and processing tanks.
In terms of harvesting and process, most all members harvest only fully ripe cherries, depulping on the same day as harvest, processing on their own farms, and drying on raised beds inside parabolic dryers.
Luz Marina
would like to tell people who are going to enjoy AMACA's coffee that they should enjoy this coffee with the confidence that it is a coffee that comes from women, harvested in a family environment, and 100% manual labor.
