La Palma

Cesar Morales wanted to give his family a better future, so in 2014 he bought Finca La Palma. With little farming experience, Cesar moved to the farm and started working with the existing coffee trees, although he noticed something strange; the trees were thinner, had fewer, skinnier leaves, the red cherries had yellow stripes and they matured at a different time than other coffees in the same area. Cesar had discovered that his farm was home to Striped Bourbon, a wild mutation of the bourbon varietal.

When we first met Cesar he had no milling facilities at the farm and had to send his coffee to a neighbour’s farm, so Project Origin, in collaboration with Banexport (Colombia), secured an exclusive partnership with Cesar to help him gain control over his production and ensure the quality for future harvests.

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