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02 Manuel Mejía Foundation: promotes ad- 04 Cooperativas: their social responsibility
lie in ensuring the purchase of coffee from
vanced training processes with various
Colombian populations, such as coffee all of the Colombian producers.
growers, agricultural producers, union
leaders, youth, adults, families, teachers Committees: organize, guide the guild and
of educational institutions, female com- 05 execute the different plans and programs
munity, involved in the promotion of with the support of the municipal commit-
agricultural activities and livestock, and tees of coffee growers.
collaborators of the companies of the
coffee union. 06 Buencafé: was created in 1973 by the Na-
03 Almacafé: a logistic service company tional Federation of Coffee Growers with
the great purpose of adding value to the
with its own strategic and management most representative product of the coun-
characteristics to store coffee, positioned try and generating welfare for coffee grow-
as the first 4PL logistics operator in Co- ers by transforming green coffee into
lombia. soluble coffee.

Buencafé is the only freeze-dried cof- emphasizing that it is “an extract of coffee
fee factory in the nation and one of the totally natural, roasted to a medium to
most technified and large in the world, dark level that gives it an intense charac-
which processes a high-quality coffee ter, balanced with the soft notes of Co-
extract that recently obtained interna- lombia’s coffee and abundant in pleasant
tional recognition. Using 100% Colom- aroma.”
bian coffee and pure spring water, Buen-
café uses the freeze-drying process, According to the experts, a good qual-
which aims to freeze the coffee extract ity coffee extract should be 100% natural,
at very low temperatures, allowing to this means without addition of any stabi-
concentrate the aroma and flavor of the lizer or ingredient different from coffee
fruit in order to produce a drink of and water, in order to preserve intact the
excellent characteristics and great delicate volatile components. Having an
quality. The Factory currently pro- exceptional international recognition grant-
duces 11,500 tons of concentrated coffee extract ed by renowned chefs and sommeliers in the
and freeze-dried coffee each year, exporting its coffee extract prepared in its natural state, as
production to 63 countries on five continents. Its an ingredient and as a beverage, confirms that
main clients are in Russia, United States, United it is a very versatile product that can be accom-
Kingdom and Japan. modated to any product of the food industry.

This year, Buencafé obtained 3 golden stars of “For Buencafé, being awarded with 3 gold-
the Superior Taste Award, an important distinction en stars from the best experts in taste and
granted by the International Institute of Flavor and flavor is the confirmation that the wonderful
Quality iTQi, based in Brussels, due to the exquisite subtle notes of freshly roasted Colombian Cof-
composition of its concentrated coffee extract. fee are very well preserved in Buencafé frozen
Buencafé´s coffee extract is made with only the best coffee extract, which makes it the ideal ingredi-
quality coffee from Colombia and is mainly used to ent to enrich all food delicacies with coffee
prepare ice creams, cakes and desserts. In countries flavor”, says Carlos Osorio, Buencafé Research
like Korea and Japan it is widely used in the prepa- and Development director. And finally, it is also
ration of ready-to-drink coffee beverages. important to note that the profits obtained by
the factory in the export of its products are
In order to compose its jury, iTQi works in invested in benefits for 560,000 Colombian cof-
partnership with the 15 most prestigious culinary fee growers’ families, generating value and
institutions. These strict jurors (chefs and somme- welfare by guaranteeing them the present and
liers) evaluated the product in three categories: in the future of the coffee activity in Colombia.
its original state, as an ingredient and as a beverage,

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