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This is some of the finest coffee in the world!  It is wild
coffee and has been shade grown high in the coastal
mountains.  No chemicals or fertilizers have been
applied to the soil nor sprayed on it.  The coffee is then
sun-dried before being brought down the mountain and
shipped to the USA.  

Before leaving Colombia, the coffee has been certified
by the National Federation of Coffee Growers of
Colombia, and was tested.  The coffee is rated as
"speciality coffee" and has great flavor, very low acidity,
very low after taste, good balance, and a sweetness due
to its wild growing process at perfect altitudes and
extremely clean water sources.
Our partner in Colombia is Fundarcultura, a not-for-profit
foundation based in Medellin.  For the past nine years it
has been working with the indigenous communities of
the La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Mountains order to
assist them generate a stable annual revenue base to
support a higher degree of political and economic
autonomy in their self governance.
Wild Speciality Coffee Shade-Grown In The
High Coastal Mountains Of Colombia!
Sun-Dried!  No Chemicals!  No Sprays!
Mountain Top Clean Water!
  • Certified Speciality Coffee!
  • Great Flavor!
  • Very Low Acidity!
  • Very Low After Taste!
  • Good Balance!
  • Wild Sweetness!
Ancestral Coffee, Inc. is the USA distributor
of coffee from the indigenous pueblo
communities of the La Sierra Nevada de
Santa Marta Mountains, Colombia;  the
Koguis, the Arhuacos, the Wiwas, and the
Kankuamos.  They are the last remaining
surviving people of the ancient Tayrona
culture.
Fundarcultura works year-round with the pueblo's and is now
preparing for the next harvest.  To support this hands-on
development work in such a remote and environmentally
critical area, Ancestral Coffee, Inc. is sharing the profits from
the sales of this coffee in the USA.  

Our level of profit-sharing far exceeds the current normal
global  Fair Trade practices and is based on a model
developed directly with the Council of Elders of the four
pueblo's.  

Our intent over the next few years is to build the USA and
global distribution of this coffee into a sustaining
economic-base for the pueblo's in order to support their
community development projects.

We are in the process of obtaining organic and Fair Trade
certifications for next year's harvest in order to meet the global
standards of quality for our product.  

We welcome your assistance in helping us grow this brand so
that the peoples of the pueblo's can maintain their
independence while they help us all in keeping the balance of
the planet.
The view from 70,000 ft. up looking SW from the Caribbean into Colombia.
(thank-you Google Earth)