AMACA association - colombia - washed

Fi O’Brien and Casey Lalonde are the owners of Girls Who Grind, based in Wiltshire, South-West England. They are a womxn-led, anti-patriarchy specialty coffee roastery and they are part of the rebellion movement. All coffees they source come exclusively from change-making womxn producers whose work is celebrated and stories are shared. To give back to the producers in exchange for everything they give, above and beyond the beans themselves, Fi and Casey run the Cheek to Cheek initiative, where 10% of the sale price of all their retail coffees is put back into their suppliers' pockets to show intention about being one team. 

About the beans...is a firm favourite with the girl gang at the roastery, where the delicious natural cola, sweet black cherry and super dark chocolate flavour notes is incredible - there’s really no bad time to brew up AMACA. She always proves herself to be a welcome treat. 

About the AMACA Associations... 

Produced by the all-female AMACA Association (Asociacion de Mujeres Productoras Agropecuarias del Cauca), a group of all-women producers located in El Tambo, Cauca, Colombia that was formed in 1999 by 80 women from El Tambo, in Colombia’s Cauca department. Now AMACA is 140 smallholder members STRONG with all women farm owners and heads of household.

All of the members support their families via the cultivation and production of coffee. In 2008, AMACA partnered with the Ministry of Agriculture, the governor of Cauca, and the municipality of El Tambo to increase the production and quality of coffee on 80 members’ farms.

A premium is paid to AMACA above the value of the coffee itself to support their goals and aspirations as a group. Their mantra is simple: to improve the quality of life for their members and their members’ families. These premiums can help them accomplish these goals and in turn, support this passionate and strong-willed group of women in their love for and livelihood of quality coffee. BRING IT LADIES!

Producer: ALL-FEMALE AMACA ASSOCIATION

Region: El Tambo, Cauca

Country: Colombia
Variety: Caturra
Process: Washed
Altitude: 1750masl

Grind note: grind away. Just the way you like it.

Shelf-life: 180 days