Las Brisas - Medium Roast Blend - 12 oz

Broken Rib Coffee

Las Brisas is the name given to our Medium roast coffee and it is also the name of the specific Micro Lot Farm that it is harvested from, in Jaltenango Mexico. We have partnered with Broken Rib Coffee to expand the reach of this product to further benefit the communities and programs they serve throughout Baja, Mexico and Chiapas, Mexico.

This roast is a blend of Mexican and Colombian beans, enhancing the sweetness.

To learn more about Broken Rib, visit their site

Those Coffee People - Caicedo

Project name: APROKAFES

Town/Village: Caicedo, Antioquia, Colombia

Date of starting to cultivate specialty coffees: 2012

Project Incorporation Date: 2014

The number of producers/farms in the Project:  38 direct producers (Families)

What are you most proud of as a community of producers?

Being part of a small town like Caicedo and being able to contribute to the global Colombian legacy through an iconic product at world level. 

APROKAFE's unique history:

 Aprokafe is led by Elkin Diosa. A very ambitious and smart man, he developed a specialty coffee buying center where together all of the small producers of Caicedo could join each other to have a larger product offering for international buyers. He knew that quality control is essential for specialty coffee and therefore he  invested in a quality control facility within his buying center. These initiatives totally changed the coffee industry of Caicedo and put it on the specialty coffee map.

Aprokafes was born, with the mission of creating a collective of coffee growers with the purpose of improving the living conditions of both producers and the Caicedo Community; characterized by the application of good agricultural practices. 

.Benefits of Aprokafe´s buying center: 

• Advance quality control practices to meet specialty coffee requirements.

• Storage facility that meets specialty coffee standards .

• Coffee tree nutrition program and training.

• Provides youth engagement and career opportunities in the coffee industry.

Elkin grew up involved in the coffee industry. As a curious person, he broke what was considered to be normal practices and frequently experimented to see how to improve his outcomes.

 In 2012 Elkin thought that things could be better in the coffee industry in Caicedo, and because of that he brought a new business model of specialty coffee into the town with his project Aprokafe.

To continue with the construction of his project he decides to go to Bogota with a parchment coffee and at that moment, he realizes that this coffee was already in demand in the city, and so he realizes through a process of observation and participation in the market, that this product has a positive trade potential.

Due to the location of Caicedo and to continue with the construction of his project, Elkin decides to go to Bogota with a parchment coffee and at that moment, he realizes that this coffee was already in demand in the city, and so he realizes through a process of observation and participation in the market, that this product has a positive trade potential.

Something that Aprokafes does is letting large, medium and small producers to be a part of their final product line which allows them to cover sufficient amounts of demand to meet the requirements of the international buyer and also they are in  the constant process of experimentation of new coffees, as well as the level of specialization within the castle coffee, requiring specific knowledge of each of the processes.