JAIME BURBANO EL GUAYABO CATURRA - WASHED COLOMBIA (250G)

Jaime is a multi-generational coffee grower who began working at his father’s side for 3,500 COP per day ($.84 USD today). By collecting this money, he was able to buy a small farm of his own at the age of 23. To get the farm up and running, he worked two days on his farm and three days on his neighbors’ farms. Once established, he managed to navigate the highly volatile coffee market of the early 2000’s, and joined an incredible group of producers called Los Naranjos, where he found excellent access to specialty markets and relative economic stability. With Los Naranjos, however, his coffee was always blended with that of the other producers of the group. As close friends with Esnaider Ortega and the Ortega-Gomez family, Jaime was instrumental in the early days of the Monkaaba project, and we can now work with his coffees as unique separated lots.