About this Coffee
Origin: Caranavi, Bolivia
Variety: caturra
Process: coco natural
Producer: Carmela Aduviri
Relationship length: since 2017
Carmela Aduviri has worked in coffee for 40 years. For most of that time she sold her coffee on the local market, which meant low prices and little reliability. That all changed with her participation in Sol de la Mañana–a program that aims to create a sustainable Bolivian coffee supply chain by providing agricultural training to small-scale producers, and connecting them with quality-focused roasters like Market Lane.
Through Sol de la Mañana, Carmela learnt how to renovate her farm, improve her farming practices and increase her yields, thereby establishing a more sustainable and financially viable operation. Her sons Elvis andLuis now work with her at Carmelita farm. “Coffee has brought our family together,” she says. “We used to live far apart, but now my sons are at the farm helping me every day. Coffee is a viable crop for us now.”
This special micro-lot was picked by Carmela, who takes such pride in her output that she insisted on hand-polishing every cherry before delivering them to the Buena Vista mill for processing. In the cup, this coffee is beautifully sweet, winey and fruit-forward.