De Roots van jouw Koffie
Collective Café Norte
This collective unites 1,078 coffee farmers in northern Valle del Cauca, 80% of whom are small-scale. Café Norte acts as a social safety net: members have direct access to medical care (including dental and eye care), disaster relief, and scholarships for children under 25. By installing its own solar panels at its headquarters, the collective is also committed to independent and clean energy supply for its own operations.
Eerlijke Betaling
110% above average (FNC benchmark May 2026: €5.11/kg) and 85% above an indicative minimum wage (Fairtrade reference: €4.70/kg).
TUKA decouples the farmer's income from speculation on the global market. This provides the farmer with the financial stability to no longer have to live from harvest to harvest.
Regio & Terroir
The farms are located on the mineral-rich mountain soils of the Northern Andes. At Café Norte, technical control is paramount; the collective has its own quality laboratory for physical and sensory analyses. Farmers are actively trained here to calibrate their pulping machines and analyze their soil conditions. This scientific approach guarantees consistent quality for their complex and balanced coffees.
Natuurbehoud
Café Norte focuses not only on preservation, but on active ecosystem restoration through targeted agrochemical soil analyses that minimize synthetic input and stimulate microbiological soil activity. Within the 'Plantation Renewal' program, they transform monocultures into multi-layered agroforestry systems with shade trees and food crops. By directly integrating food security into the agricultural strategy, a system is created where the farmer lives from the forest without depleting its resources.