Omar's Story
Omar's story was so good we wanted to tell everyone about it.
"Aquí nunca desperdiciamos la We never throw away the pulpa del café. ¿Sabes a quién le gusta? coffee pulp. Do you know who likes it? A las plantas de café. Es como Coffee plants. It’s like darle café a nuestro café. feeding our coffee coffee. (…) Al café hay que mimarlo. You have to pamper coffee. Sobre todo si acaba Especially if it’s going to end up en los empaques de tu propia marca. in your own brand’s packs. "
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Omar Portillo Ribera
Coffee Grower, COCLA, Peru
Omar is a smallholder coffee grower from the Huadquiña co-operative in Santa Teresa, where Cafédirect's Machu Picchu coffee comes from. His wife is a teacher and he has two daughers. He joined the co-operative after farming independently for a number of years and has been able to see the social, technical and commercial benefits from being a member.