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Colombian Asoapía Microlot

by Thread | Jan 31, 2015 | Single Origin

Located in the mountains of the Cordillera Occidental, just at the edge of the country’s main “coffee region”, Apía is a rural agricultural community in the Colombian department of Risaralda. Their location is unique because it is situated next to...

Visiting New Farms in Colombia

by Thread | Oct 2, 2014 | Blog

Thread heads out to Apia, in Risaralda, Colombia to check out new farms. To start the trip, I met up with Karl from Direct Origin Trading. We were looking to see if we could experiment with getting a microlot from AsoApia, an association of farmers in Apia. A microlot...