About Us.
MICRO LOTE COFFEE
Working With 600 Small Colombian Coffee Farmers Families
- Importing Coffee into Australia since 2011 -MICRO LOTE COFFEE is purchased directly from Cooperatives in the South and Center of Colombia and roasted in Perth, WA.
This Cooperatives are owned by small coffee farmers with an average landholding of 2 hectares per family who work together to receive a fair price for their coffee.
Eliminating the middleman from the supply chain allows MICRO LOTE COFFEE and the Cooperatives to show a commitment to the wellbeing of farmers and their 600 families and to protect the environment by discouraging land clearing and preserving precious water reserves.
Mission.
Our mission is to work and support sustainable small farming in Colombia in line with ESG* standards, particularly gender equality, striving to achieve a balance in the coffee industry and to bring the best coffee to Australia at a competitive price without compromising quality.
*Environmental, Social and GovernanceHonest Coffee Documentary
Honest Coffee is the story of ASPROUNION a Colombian coffee collective who have cut the middlemen out of coffee production.
ASPROUNION grows, processes, mills, exports, and imports their coffee direct from Colombia to Australia. It is a farmer owned co-operative of 250 farmers, striving to change the imbalance of the coffee industry.
The drink you know, the story you don't.
By Laundon Peacock
ASPROUNION
Luz Dary Cerón
“The first thing that ASPROUNION taught us was to value ourselves and know where we are going. The training that ASPROUNION has given us all, women, is to value ourselves as people, not only as individuals but as people in front os the community”
Paulino Diáz
“It´s a lot of suffering. That´s the reality of small coffee farmers. They are getting ripped off at the waist. They do what they like with small coffee farmers and they don´t receive a just price. ASPROUNION started as a necessity”.
Henry Tulcán
“Day after day we work to improve more and more the quality so that the consumer feels satisfied when they enjoy a cup of coffee and sees who farms it”.
Working hand to hand allow us to do things very differently.
Opportunities for disadvantaged farmers.
Transparency & accountability.
Fair payment.
No forced labour.
No discrimination, gender equity.
Good working conditions.
Capacity building.
Respect for the environment.