Café El Turpial – Asociación de Caficultores de Café Especial de Cumbitara (Coffee)
In Cumbitara, where the Andes mountains converge, lies El Turpial — a resilient farm, an oasis in the midst of adversity. Committed to producing exceptional quality coffee, El Turpial emerged in a region with no coffee-growing tradition, once dominated by illicit crops. Today, it stands as a regional, national, and international benchmark for quality and innovation. El Turpial Café de Cumbitara was awarded the Best Cup of Nariño 2023. The farm now supports 80 coffee-growing families from Cumbitara.
- Country: Colombia
- Department: Nariño
- Municipality: Cumbitara
- Elevation: 2.200 M.A.S.L.
- Varietal: Geisha, Caturra, SL28, Laurina, Sidra, Wush Wush, Pink Bourbon, Ethiopian, Sudan, Castillo, Colombia
- Cup profile: Sweet, fruit and floral notes, with panela (sugarcane) and honey sweet flavor.
- Production unit area: 5 hectares.
- Harvest: Manual
- Processing method: Natural fermented, for 5 days, in Grain Pro bags.
- Drying: Solar, natural.
- Sustainability certificates: Origin Nariño. Good Agriculture Practices, in process.
