Volcano Island Blend

We're grateful to 2 farmer/owners for the beans that make up HICS Island Blend:

Communidade Conquista - Brazil

Nuevo Futura Association - Colombia

970 MASL Brazil

1500 -1800 MASL Colombia

(MASL = metre above sea-level)

Communidade Conquista, Ilicínea, Minas Gerais - Brazil

Established in 1910, it has always been one of the main producers in the Ilicinea region. Initially founded by Mr. Juca de Oliveira who was always challenging the way he grew coffee to improve and change. Now the farm is run by his great grandson Bruno Menali Oliveira who gave up his work as a lawyer to farm coffee

Nuevo Futura, Cauca, Colombia

The association has 200 farmer members who are located in the municipalities of El Tambo, Piendamó, Buenos Aires, Santander de Quilichao, La Vega, and Timbío. Founded in 1995 as a part of a program to eradicate of illicit crops efforts in Cauca with the support of GTZ (the German development agency) and the National Coffee Growers Association in the South of Cauca. The members began their activities before the association became a legal entity when organic coffee was being promoted as an alternative to illicit crops.

The coffees are pulped on the farm in a traditional beneficio on small pulping machines before then being dry fermented in tiled tanks overnight for 12-16 hours. After this the coffees are then dried for 7- 10 days in parabolic tents on raised beds.