COMITÉ: EL LAUREL

El Laurel is a temperate, unassuming town whose gorgeous scenery demands appreciation. The region’s reputation as an idyll for dairy farmers has brought economic stability; the time is ripe for this town to boost its standing in the world of coffee production. The head of Comité El Laurel is young, ambitious, and part of a large coffee-growing family. Another farmer here, Mavila Perez, runs a farm with her mother Irene, providing a model for future farmers who want to balance the needs of a family with the promises of a growing profession. While the farms in the area have been exposed to our training curriculum and are proficient in several different coffee varieties, Catimor currently accounts for around half of the planted crop at Comité El Laurel. In addition to outfitting the harvesters with proper fermentation tanks and drying surfaces that will help the comité achieve best practices, we are working to modernize the plant mix. The freshly planted seeds promise to achieve better cup scores, highlighting the pleasant sweetness of both the coffee and its area of origin.