An ACC coffee farmer crossing the rainforest with a sack of coffee
Our story

We were born in the rainforest.
Our coffee protects it.

We're a Colombian specialty coffee company. Every pound we sell funds Amazon reforestation and the development of Indigenous communities.

Follow the river
Chapter 1 · Origin

ACC: one company, profitable for the farmer. One model, sustainable for the Amazon.

Founded in Colombia · MMXXIII

I

Our roots

We're young Colombians raised between the Amazon rainforest and the mountains of Huila. We grew up seeing two problems few people address: coffee farmers who produce some of the world's finest coffee for undervalued prices, and an Amazon that loses thousands of hectares every year with no one stopping it.

II

The paradox

Colombian coffee is one of the world's most prized agricultural products, yet the farmer receives a tiny fraction of what it's worth as a cup abroad. The traditional supply chain rewards those who never touch the cherry.

III

Our decision

ACC was born to tackle both problems: a company where the business itself pays the producer a fair price and funds Amazon reforestation. No philanthropists. No donors. No middlemen. We're growers and traders: we control the chain from farm to cup.

Chapter 2 · Manifesto

Three pillars

Three commitments that hold each other up.

I · First pillar

Direct, traceable trade

Bringing single-origin Colombian coffee to national and international markets, removing unnecessary middlemen and guaranteeing the producer a fair price through transparent, secure and sustainable relationships.

How do we do it?
  • 01Per-farm or per-association contracts with a guaranteed minimum price.
  • 02Payment goes straight to the producer, with no middlemen.
  • 03Every lot has a digital passport: origin, date, process, destination.
  • 04National and international buyers.
+15% to +30%Above the traditional market, straight to the farmer.
See traceability →
II · Second pillar

A living Amazon: coffee, cacao and territory

Every 10 pounds sold plant a native tree in the Colombian Amazon. The business funds reforestation and keeps the forest standing alongside the communities who live in it.

III · Third pillar

Technology for the farms of the future

ACC digital tools for the producer: per-lot records, technical support and farm-to-cup traceability for more than fifteen hundred connected coffee farmers.

Chapter 3 · Where we are

Four departments, three peoples, one project

From the high-grown coffee of Huila to the deep rainforest of Amazonas. Drag the panorama or tap each territory on the map.

Huila · HUI
1,600 – 1,800 m · Women head-of-household coffee farmers · Pitalito
Putumayo · PUT
1,100 – 1,500 m · Where the Andes meet the Amazon
Vaupés · VAU
250 – 400 m · Cubeo and Tucano communities · Mitú
Amazonas · AMZ
80 – 200 m · Ticuna and Cocama communities · Puerto Nariño
Huila · HUI

Madres cabeza de hogar caficultoras

Colombia's finest coffee is grown by hands that also hold up homes and lead communities.

10 women coffee farmers in the Santa Bárbara hamlets of Pitalito grow arabica on the volcanic soils of the central range. They work under ACC's direct-trade model: a guaranteed minimum price, fair pay and per-lot technical support.

Altitude
1,600–1,800 m.a.s.l.
Process
Washed
Species
Arabica
Varieties
Castillo
Chapter 4 · Traceability

From farm to cup, no middlemen

Every lot travels with its passport: origin, community, process, date and the hands that produced it.

01Origin

Origin & onboarding

Farm, producer, altitude and variety recorded from first contact. Every lot starts with its own identity.

02Farm

Growing & monitoring

Technical support throughout the production cycle. The farm and its conditions are recorded per lot.

03Harvest

Selective picking

Cherry by cherry. Paid for quality, not gross weight. Picking date recorded per lot.

04Process

Processing & drying

Washed, honey or natural process depending on the farm. Processing date documented with photographic traceability.

05Roast

Roasting

Controlled, dated roasting. Only coffee that meets the ACC standard ships with our seal.

06Sale

Direct sales

We sell straight to the end or institutional customer. The margin saved by removing middlemen goes back to the farmer.

Chapter 5 · What comes next

The story isn't over. We're only learning how to tell it.

There are still farms to visit, families to meet and lots to document.