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DESCRIPTION
Smooth and balanced with a fragrant aroma, this high-grown Bolivian coffee possesses a rich, full body. When roasted to a medium level, it has a sweet flavor with notes of almond and hazelnut.
In high elevation valleys 12 hours from the capital lay several small villages in the remote Yungas region. The road from the Bolivian capital, La Paz, to the coffee growing valleys of the Yungas has officially been declared the most dangerous road in the world. The relatively narrow gravel track with waterfalls spilling onto it from above, and huge drops on the downhill slope, descends nearly 10,000 feet to the misty valleys of the Yungas.
During the 1950's, wealthy landowners took over this region and enslaved the native people. In 1991, through governmental land reform, the larger landowners were made to relinquish their holdings of these small farms and return the rightful ownership back to the families who originally owned these parcels.
The small farmers are now entirely independent, have title to their own land and have freedom to search for ways to improve their income, their own lives, and the health of their community. Fair Trade coffee is an important way for these farmers to make a better life for themselves and their children.
This coffee is Fair Trade Certified by TransFairUSA, Organic Certified by the Washington State Department of Agriculture and grown in shaded conditions by small farmer cooperatives.
All of our coffee is roasted to order and shipped fresh daily. We package in air-tight, foil-lined bags with one-way degassing valves to preserve freshness.
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