{"product_id":"la-colmena-espresso-washed-colombia","title":"La Colmena Espresso, Colombia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin\u003c\/strong\u003e: San Agustin, Huila, Colombia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProducer\u003c\/strong\u003e: Various Monkaaba Producers (listed below)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProcess\u003c\/strong\u003e: Washed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVarieties\u003c\/strong\u003e: Castillo, Pink Bourbon, Colombia, Papayo, Catimor, Cenicafe 1, Gesha, Caturra\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAltitude\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1650-1900masl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImporter\u003c\/strong\u003e: Semilla with Monkaaba\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoast: \u003c\/strong\u003eMedium\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes\u003c\/strong\u003e: Orange, Red Fruit, Caramel, Milk Chocolate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTransparency: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWe paid \u003cstrong\u003e$6.50 USD\/lb \u003c\/strong\u003eof green coffee + shipping and storage fees.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFarmgate price paid to producers was \u003cb\u003eCOP$3,300,000~ \u003c\/b\u003eand national farmgate at the time was averaging around \u003cstrong\u003eCOP$3,000,000.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFOB\u003c\/strong\u003e price was \u003cstrong\u003e$5.79\/lb.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarvested \u003cstrong\u003eD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003eecember 2025\u003c\/b\u003e, shipped \u003cstrong\u003eFebruary 2026, \u003c\/strong\u003eLaunched \u003cstrong\u003eJuly 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLa Colmena, The Monkaaba Beehive.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroducing our new seasonal espresso, \u003cstrong\u003eLa Colmena! \u003c\/strong\u003eTranslating to \"The Beehive\", La Colmena is the brainchild of \u003cstrong\u003eEsnaider Augusto-Ortega \u0026amp; Didier Ortega\u003c\/strong\u003e, the two founders of \u003cstrong\u003eMonkaaba. \u003c\/strong\u003eA quote from their sister company \u003cstrong\u003eSemilla - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The spirit of the name is derived from \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe fact that in the beehive, each \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003emember works for the greater good of \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe whole, not simply for themselves. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis coffee exemplifies this philosophy \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eas it is centered around coffees grown \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eby the younger members of the group \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eand those making their first attempts to \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eprocess a coffee for micro-lot sale. This \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003emeans that each individual lot may not \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ebe strong enough to stand on its own, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ebut once grouped together the sum \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ebecomes greater than its parts.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs \"young\" folks in the coffee industry, the story behind \u003cstrong\u003eLa Colmena\u003c\/strong\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cstrong\u003eMonkaaba\u003c\/strong\u003e really speaks to us. The hard work it takes to break into the specialty market as a smallholder producer cannot be overstated. To risk so much energy, time, and resources for the hope that someone will come along and buy your coffee for an equitable price is not a risk many small producers can afford.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHaving a producer-led group like Monkaaba to work alongside greatly mitigates those risks, especially with projects like La Colmena. This is part of why they're such an important partner for us, and we will continue to buy so much coffee from them. We love to see the surge of new producers every year, and as a growing roastery, we hope to continue to support more new coffee growers, while continuing to support producers like \u003cstrong\u003ePastor Ordoñez \u0026amp;\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOrlando Quinayas \u003c\/strong\u003ethat we've bought for almost 4 years now, and are part of this blend as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe profile for \u003cstrong\u003eLa Colmena\u003c\/strong\u003e is inspired by the love for \u003cstrong\u003eLeodan's Hilux Espresso\u003c\/strong\u003e, a beautiful single origin coffee roasted intentionally for espresso to highlight its big sweetness. 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They run a free to use cupping lab in San Agustin, Huila that allows small producers to taste their own coffees and receive feedback from veteran producers on how to improve quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is extremely contrary to how most other buying systems work, and commodity works, where buyers benefit from coffee producers NOT knowing the quality of their coffee, so they can continue offering low prices to producers, and sell for higher profits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis project is all about empowering and educating producers to reach micro-lot status, and financial stability through coffee production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eInterested in reading more about Monkaaba? 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