74 | Travesias

Producer
Amparo Mazo
Description
Chocolate, maple syrup, sugar cane, citrus
Process
Washed
Varietals
Castillo, Colombia
Region
Antioquia
Elevation
1,900 meters
Position
Spot
Warehouse
Continental, New Jersey
Amparo has been working with coffee for over 17 years. She has 3,000 trees planted at Travesias, between Castillo and Colombia varietals. Amparo is a dedicated coffee farmer and she works with a group of woman to pick the coffee at her farm. She has been working with this group for over 5 years now, and states that the quality of work and work ethics of these woman is unmatched.

Things haven’t come easy to Amparo though, the region where her farm is located has suffer from violence for years. Multiple displacements during the harvest, as she and her family were forced to leave cherries in the fields, pack their belongings, and move the family to the nearest town in search of safety.

Amparo continues to look towards the future and it does not surprise us that she remains so dedicated in the face of adversity. Amparo is grateful for coffee, as she has been able to provide education for her two daughters, who are now in college. She believes if you develop strong relationships with buyers and have discipline with the money, you are able to accomplish amazing things.