La Colmena is a small blend from Huila, Colombia featuring the Montanchez family and Pastor Ordoñez. They are all members of Monkaaba—a coffee grower empowerment group partnered with Semilla, our importers. Translating to "the beehive," this blend features both young and veteran growers. In the cup, we taste cacao, brown sugar, green apple. We are dedicated to expanding models of equitable trade and producing coffee with a less harmful environmental footprint than status quo, because 80% of our world's coffee farmers live in extreme poverty, and over 60% of coffee species are at risk of extinction. We pay 60%-100% more than Fair Trade minimum prices. We paid $3.45/lb USD for this batch. To learn more about our practices of responsible trade, visit us at www.dispatchcoffee.ca