Key origin info:

Producer: Various small producers, members of the ACC association
Processed at: Mainly at each producer’s own farm, with additional help from ACC drying facility if needed to reach required moisture content

Region: Piendamó, Cauca, Colombia
Altitude: 1700 - 2100 masl

Variety: Mixture of Caturra, Typica, Castillo, Tabi & Bourbon
Process: De-pulped, fermented & washed, dried on raised beds

Exporter: Siruma Coffee | Importer: Falcon Speciality

Cup profile: Syrupy body, plums & brown sugar

More about this coffee and the ACC Association:

This lot is a regional selection of coffees produced by members of the ACC association based in the town of Piendamó, Cauca region. Selected by Siruma our export partner who work directly with the association, the name Akumajaa is a word taken from the indigenous language of the Wayuu people from the north of Colombia and it translates “to build” or “to create”, symbolic of the goals and efforts of ACC association to build a better future for its community.

The ACC association was set up in 2016 by growers for growers, to produce and export high quality coffees and improve value for its farmers. Under the leadership of Robinson Rivera, Robinson’s brother and their friend Alex, the association’s goal is to continue improving their coffee quality and foster positive change within the farming communities, safeguard the natural environment and peace in their territory.

With 77 associates who each cultivate an average of 1.5 hectares of land between 1,700 and 2,100 meters above sea level, the ACC believes in the power of collaboration. They tirelessly work to alleviate poverty and social conflicts in their region, aiding members with commercial strategies and crop-related technology. The association encourages each member to tailor the coffee processing techniques to their liking, allowing for innovative fermentations.

ACC's coffee varieties include Castillo, Cenicafé, Tabi, Bourbon, Caturra, and Colombia. The coffee is dried primarily through parabolic and mechanical silos. Housed in a rented facility in Piendamó, the association boasts a coffee laboratory equipped with all the essential tools for coffee selection and cupping, conducted by a certified Q-Grader.

Siruma Coffee (Falcon’s and now also our exporter partner in Colombia through whom all our Colombian coffee is currently purchased) started working with ACC after Robinson approached them directly in their office in Manizales to showcase the quality of the association’s coffee and start a partnership. Since then the group has been going strong and growing, experimenting and investing in advanced processing methods and equipment with some outstanding results. After having had the chance to visit in may 2023, we were very impressed not only by the determination of ACC and its leader but also by the curiosity they have to understand the markets and consumers and willingness to evolve and adapt for the benefit of all involved. We are extremely happy to be able to showcase some of their experimental coffees as well as introduce their excellent regional lot as our House Filter for the next few months.