Los Alpes
Tasting Notes: Butterscotch, Apple, Crisp Origin: Narino, ColombiaFarm/Co-op: Finca Los AlpesProcess: WashedElevation: 1750-2000m Varietal: Caturra, Castillo, ColombiaSourced By: Red Fox From our importer: The Los Alpes community is located in the Tablon de Gomez municipality in one of the most famous coffee-growing areas of Colombia, Nariño. It’s an area where coffee has made an immense and positive difference in quality of life. To get to Los Alpes we first have to fly to Bogota, then take a local flight to Nariño. In Nariño we board a pickup—one of few vehicle types that can pass through the muddy dirt roads ahead—and ride for another 2 hours. With approximately 280 people, Los Alpes is a very small community with a deeply-rooted tradition of ecological protection. All Los Alpes producers preserve part of their farm as untouchable forest. They also leave native plants untouched in places where waterways originate, and keep livestock out of those areas. They are hyperaware that clima