by Caravela Coffee | Aug 3, 2023 | Ecuador
El Edén STORY Ecuador is full of unique areas, and it is divided into three natural regions: Amazonia, Sierra, and Costa. Loja, one of the southernmost provinces bordering Peru, is located in the Sierra. Its climate tends to be a little drier, influenced by the...
by Caravela Coffee | Aug 2, 2023 | Ecuador
Shuar STORY The province of Morona Santiago, located in the eastern side of Ecuador, is divided between the Sierra and the Amazon region. It is the second-largest province in the country and home to one of Ecuador’s indigenous communities, the Shuar. The Shuar...
by Caravela Coffee | Aug 2, 2023 | Ecuador
Yacuri STORY The southernmost provinces of Ecuador are Loja and Zamora Chinchipe, bordering Peru. These two provinces have distinct climatic conditions. Zamora Chinchipe, located on the eastern side of the Andes, is influenced by the climate of the Amazon jungle,...
by Caravela Coffee | Jul 28, 2023 | Ecuador
Meliponas Small-scale coffee prducers with an average farm size of 2.5 Hectares STORY In the south of Ecuador, we find the canton of Puyango in the province of Loja. It is a place with an important history due to its indigenous culture, los Paltas, which fought...
by Caravela Coffee | May 11, 2023 | Ecuador
El Ahuaca STORY On the southern part of Loja, there is a canton called Calvas, where its main city, Cariamanga, is well-known for the marvelous and highly visited mountain, El Ahuaca. This mountain is an isolated granite formation covered by trees, mosses, and lichens...