Ecuador AACRI Intag Valley Washed

A fully washed 86 SCA point Caturra, Typica and Bourbon with notes of citrus fruit, almond and a silky creamy butter and brown sugar body offering excellent sweetness in the cup. this coffee is easy to love. The Asociación Agroartesanal de Caficultores Río Intag (AACRI) is a community-led cooperative in northern Ecuador’s Intag Valley (Imbabura province), founded in 1998 by just 18 families and now encompassing around 150–215 local smallholder producers. AACRI cultivates shade‑grown Arabica coffee at altitudes between 1,200 and 1,900 m above sea level, using agroforestry and organic methods that protect native cloud forest ecosystems and local biodiversity. Organized democratically through a fair‑trade model, the cooperative sets coffee prices in annual assemblies to ensure stable and equitable income for member families, while providing credit, technical assistance, and post‑harvest processing support. Their specialty coffee consistently scores as international‑grade under SCAA standards, renowned for its pleasant acidity, balanced body, fragrant aroma, and flavor notes ranging from red fruits and citrus to caramel, chocolate, and hazelnut—typically cupping at 84‑86 points . Through this work, AACRI not only supplies high‑quality organic coffee to global markets including Japan, Europe, and North America, but also offers a viable economic alternative to environmentally destructive mining in the region.