Venezuela: Cocollar

Although this coffee is harvested at relatively low altitude, Caripe´s altitude is ideal for coffee production considering its latitude (10º 10´ 9”), similar to Costa Rica and Panama, where the right temperatures are achieved due to the cloesby location of the equator. Such conditions have also made it possible for the region to produce cocoa.

Caripe is one of the oldest Venezuelan coffee producing regions. Hacienda Cocollar is located on the green mountains of the idyllic valley of El Guácharo National Park. The road to get there offers a myriad of surprising landscapes. This geographic paradise, comprising 250 hectares of land, is covered by banana and other fruit trees which provide plentiful shade to the coffee plants.

Hacienda Cocollar has been part of the Avila family for more than 50 years and has seen three generations watching over its agricultural paradise. After spending more than 30 years without being linked to the coffee plantation founded by his family in eastern Venezuela, Carlos César Ávila decided to return to the countryside in 2016 to transform this plantation into something glorious! Thanks to its alliance with the Liagre family, who founded the export company ORIGIN2U, Hacienda Cocollar has grown to include 100,000 coffee plants, which account for 40% of what is produced in Caripe. Although we don't know the exact number, we do know that the vast majority of Caripe's population is linked to Cocollar.

Details:

• Variety: Red Catuai, 100% Arabica
• Altitude: 900masl
• Processing: honey
• Notes: chocolate, berries, sweet
• Quantity: 250 gr or 500 gr beans
• Our coffee bags are 100% recyclable, produced CO2-neutral and can be disposed of in the plastic waste (in Belgium: PMD-bag). Also check out our CoffeeVac containers, which we sell to shop without the use of packaging from us. When using this system (only possible for pick up- or personal delivery-orders), you save a discount per order.
• These beans are roasted on 100% green energy (solar + wind).
  
  

Foremost, we choose to supply beans. After 15 minutes the aromas of ground coffee are gone. We can grind on request, but it is not something we offer as standard. More info you can find on our blog!

On our website you can discover our range of manual and electric grinders .