Nicanor Valderrama is 27 years old, is a dentist and has been in the coffee growing business for the last 12 years.

His father bought a farm in Santander de Quilichao and gave him a small piece of land so Nicanor could produce his own coffee.

Elpidio Arboleda Tabares is a coffee grower from the village Urrao, Antioquia, on the West side of the Western mountain range in Colombia.

Because of the high altitude and the winds coming in from the Pacific Ocean, this village has a microclimate that has just proven to be excellent to produce high quality coffees!

The farm of a local Native Colombian tribe is grown and harvested on the reservation by the local Inga tribe. Ingas represent one of the richest cultures in Colombia with their roots in the ancient Inka times. Ingas keep a close touch with the nearby tribes in the forests of Amazonas to carry on the ancient traditions while farming coffee. Coffee People has worked alongside with the tribe to help them take their production to a higher level and through this improve their economic welfare.

Coffee People founder Annar Alas was invited to be a judge at Colombian National Coffee Competition where this lot was chosen to the finals. The entire lot from this tiny farm was bought by us right after the competition. The farmers were present at the auction and there were a lot of tears and emotions, when they saw the result of their hard work.

Aguas Claras coffee comes from a tiny region in Colombia called Casanare, this region
is specialized in Specialty coffee. Between wax palm forests and majestic mountains, a high quality Typica coffee is grown.