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Sourcing alternatives to Colombian coffee for blends

Sourcing alternatives to Colombian coffee for blends

Among many coffee professionals, Colombian coffee has a reputation for its flavour and body. It has a strong presence in the international coffee sector, and has been popular around the world for decades. We’ve been bringing high-quality Colombian coffees to our...

Riverdale & Condesa

Riverdale & Condesa

Exploring Indian coffee from Riverdale Estate India is a large country with a huge number of microclimates and plenty of variety in its weather as a result. Typically, however, coffee is grown in the southern parts of the country. As a coffee origin, India is mostly...

Oliver Brown Interview

Oliver Brown Interview

Meet the team: Oliver Brown Next up in our series of interviews with Condesa team members, we're talking to Oliver Brown, our Specialty Coffee Sales and Quality Control Manager. Oliver's interest in coffee started when he was young, and he has worked in several...

Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide

Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide

What is the Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide? Coffee pricing is a complex subject that everyone who works in the industry will be familiar with. However, as more and more actors across the supply chain push for increased transparency and traceability, new resources...

Meet the team: Émilie Coulombe

Meet the team: Émilie Coulombe

Meet the team: Émilie Coulombe Émilie Coulombe is another well-respected member of our team here at Condesa. As well as being part of our coffee sales team, she’s also the Secretary of the International Women’s Coffee Alliance’s Australian chapter. Émilie has been a...

Origin Coffee Lab, Peru

Origin Coffee Lab, Peru

Coffee has been grown in Peru since the 1700s, but the country really started to scale its coffee production at the start of the 20th century. In the years since, this growth has continued at a remarkable pace. By 2014, Peru was one of the top 20 producers in the...

Who is Camilo Merizalde?

Who is Camilo Merizalde?

Camilo Merizalde is an expert in coffee production. He has worked on projects in a number of producing countries which promote biodiversity and improve sustainability by sharing specialised production techniques. Camilo began with a test farm in Colombia in the 1990s,...

The Santuario Project

The Santuario Project

Camilo started Santuario some 22 years ago with the vision of improving quality and profitability while also leveraging biodiversity to create some truly amazing coffees. In 2012, Santuario went international. The farm in Colombia inspired the establishment of wet...

Ixhuatlan Centre and the Santuario Project

Ixhuatlan Centre and the Santuario Project

The two major projects that have been launched in Mexico under the Santuario Project were the Ixhuatlan Processing Centre in Veracruz, and a partnership with Guadalupe Zaju Farm in Chiapas. At Ixhuatlan Processing Centre, producers have access to wet and dry mills,...

Not just any shipping container

Not just any shipping container

Green coffee is a raw agricultural product that is sensitive to light and moisture. Optimum levels of the latter should be around 11% to 14% once the beans are processed and dried. Beyond these, the coffee’s quality will start to diminish. A stable temperature should...

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