{"id":92597,"date":"2019-04-15T08:03:21","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T06:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oxfamfairtrade.be\/?post_type=partner&p=92597"},"modified":"2023-08-24T16:56:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T14:56:13","slug":"sol-cafe","status":"publish","type":"partner","link":"https:\/\/www.oxfamfairtrade.be\/en\/partners\/sol-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"Sol & Caf\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Small-scale coffee farmers from the north of Peru<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The eastern side of the Andes mountains lends itself excellently to coffee cultivation. Indeed, this region in the north of Peru produces 70% of all the nation\u2019s coffee. A good third of that comes from cooperatives of small-scale coffee farmers. The cooperative Sol & Caf\u00e9<\/strong> from the provincial capital Ja\u00e9n is a great example of this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sol & Caf\u00e9 has its headquarters, storage depot and quality control lab<\/strong> in Ja\u00e9n, the capital of the province of the same name. But it unites around 60 small farmers\u2019 associations from the region, around 1,000 farming families in total.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Quality as priority<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ever since its founding in 2005, the Sol & Caf\u00e9 cooperative has kept quality high on its agenda. Over the years it has developed strong systems<\/strong> for monitoring quality<\/strong> and making their organic coffee beans traceable<\/strong> from farmer to customer. Many other cooperatives look up to Sol & Caf\u00e9 in this regard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All their efforts have ultimately proven worthwhile. Members of Sol & Caf\u00e9 frequently take home trophies<\/strong> from the major coffee competition \u2018Cup of Excellence Peru\u2019<\/a>. Being celebrated at such a competition also means that buyers will be willing to pay more for your coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sol & Caf\u00e9 doesn\u2019t have its own processing facility. Instead it readies its coffee for export in the factory of the Peruvian cooperative and Oxfam partner Norandino<\/a>. Their factory is located to the west of the Andes in the export harbour of Paita.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Supported by fair trade<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sol & Caf\u00e9 supports its members every day in producing better organic coffee in higher qualities<\/strong>. It invests systematically in this using part of the fair trade premium<\/a> (info in Dutch) <\/em>it receives. It provides the following assistance, for example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n