Allan Melgar
Description
Ferme Las Flores à Santa Rosa de Lima, Casillas, Jalapa, Guatemala ²
Ce lot d'Allan Melgar est le premier café naturel que Semilla et P.S. ont acheté au Guatemala. Il provient de sa ferme, Las Flores, dont Allan s'occupe avec son père, Fernando. Leur ferme dispose de son propre beneficio entièrement établi qui leur permet d'expérimenter différentes variétés et processus comme ce lot naturel.
Comme tous les producteurs avec lesquels nous travaillons au Guatemala, Allan et Fernando apportent leur aide à la résistance de Xinka contre la mine d'argent d'Escobal. Comme pour beaucoup de grands agriculteurs du groupe, leur aide prend surtout la forme d'un soutien financier en raison de leurs moyens plus importants.
Nous avons été enthousiasmés par la qualité des cafés qui sortent de leur superbe ferme. Dans ce lot naturel, nous trouvons de riches notes de chocolat noir, de cerise noire et d'ananas.
¹ Traitement et variété
² Région d'origine
Ceci n'est pas ce café.
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À propos de nous
The P.S. Coffee menu is made possible by grower communities and smallholder farmers in Rwanda, Honduras, Colombia and Guatemala. Through our sourcing sister-company Semilla, we hold long-term and consensus based partnerships with producers that have had zero or limited access to or knowledge of the specialty market.
These skilled and passionate professionals are redefining coffee production within their growing regions that have historically been underserved and overlooked despite being within well-respected coffee producing countries. Through community support networks, access to knowledge and capital and investment into physical and intellectual infastracture, they are transitioning towards autonomy and away from the exploitative model they’ve mostly always known.
These are the people and communities you’ll meet through P.S. — and build connections with as we continue to support and purchase from them year after year.
Meet the P.S. Producer Network
HOW IS P.S. COFFEE SOURCED?
All of the coffee on the P.S. menu is exclusively sourced with Semilla Coffee through the following principles:
Durable Relationships
All of Semilla’s relationships are formed with specific communities in underserved coffee growing regions within well-respected coffee production countries. Semilla identifies producer groups that have zero or limited access to or knowledge of the specialty market and takes on the requisite risk that comes with their transition into becoming specialty coffee producers with dedicated buyers across North America. Semilla’s commitment is to work only within the bounds of these groups, seeking to grow with them in pursuit of purchasing all of their production, year after year.
Best Prices, Defined by Producers
All coffees purchased by Semilla are purchased at the best locally available price. This is determined via communication with and understanding of local market dynamics, and prices are arrived upon via a consensus model in which the coffee growers and Semilla agree democratically on the best prices for all involved.
Traceability and Transparency
Semilla’s commitment is to work with complete commitment to traceability and transparency along the value chain. This means full transparency of prices paid to the farmer (farmgate) as well as prices paid at port (FOB). Additionally, Semilla offers in depth information and context for each coffee, the producers who grew it, and the condition within which they work with each purchase.
Quality
Semilla exclusively works in the specialty coffee realm, meaning all of the coffees purchase are above the quality levels offered by conventional commodity or Fair Trade and Organic buyers. Quality is determined in reference to the Specialty Coffee Association and Coffee Quality Institute’s grading standards, with all coffees source for P.S. achieving a minimum of 85 points out of a possible 100.
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