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This exceptional coffee was awarded 93 points on Kenneth Davids' Coffee Review. Read the review here

The village of El Batan is located high in the mountains of southern Ecuador, where twenty two small holder farmers (each farming just a couple of acres of land) live and grow coffee. We have been working with this community for over six years to bring you El Batan, a certified organic and Fair Trade coffee.

Over the last few years Equator has provided micro-credit loans to the co-op for the members short-term credit needs to help facilitate harvest or invest in other farm, domestic or income-diversification projects. Among other projects, members have used the funds to invest in irrigation for their farms to help safeguard the harvest during unpredictable weather.

This season we plan to visit the growers again with the commitment to buy the entire production from this quality-minded group of farmers.

On a historical note, a community organization founded in El Batan was established in 1986 by a group of women who came together to find ways to earn income for their families. They started with just three women, which quickly grew to thirty. The group was able to take out small loans to start small enterprises such as growing and selling yucca in the local market. Years later, men joined the group and it became the foundation for the coffee farmer cooperative.

Cupping Notes

Syrupy with flavors of milk chocolate, caramel and delicate notes of sweet lemon and night blooming flowers.

View map of the growing region for Ecuador El Batan Fair Trade Organic