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La Golondrina — supplied coffee image 1
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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for La Golondrina; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for La Golondrina; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇨🇴Colombia · Cauca

La Golondrina

Roasted by Counter Culture CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsColombiaCaucaWashedLight roastMilk ChocolateCherryArabicaSingle originOrgánica cooperativeCounter Culture CoffeeIndependentSmallholder collective lot
🇨🇴ColombiaWashedField BlendLight roast
Brand
Counter Culture Coffee
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇨🇴Colombia
Region
Cauca
Town
Timbío
Farm / Station
—
Farmer / Producer
Orgánica cooperative
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Field Blend
Process
Roast
Light
Tasting notes
milk chocolate, cherry, nutty
Fermentation
—
Drying
—
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • farmThis is a 150-member cooperative lot; no single farm is identified for the release.
  • altitude mThe source publishes a 1,500–2,000 m range, which cannot be represented honestly as one scalar altitude.
  • fermentationThe exact page identifies washed processing but does not publish fermentation parameters.
  • drying methodNo drying method or duration is published for this exact release.
  • price usdThe archived sold-out page does not expose a verified retail price.
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The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

Every link we could verify, traced in one place. Follow the chain as far as it goes — when the industry doesn't disclose a link, we say so instead of guessing.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    La Golondrina
  2. 02
    The brand
    Counter Culture Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Counter Culture Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Field Blend
  5. 05
    The farm
    Not disclosed
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Orgánica cooperative
  7. 07
    The region
    Cauca
  8. 08
    The country
    🇨🇴Colombia
From the producer

Orgánica is a 150-member cooperative founded in Cauca in 2005 by producers led by Nelson Melo and Liliana Pabón. Members are spread across Timbío, Guayabal, and Piendamó, and Counter Culture has worked with the group since 2007.

From the roaster

Counter Culture Coffee is a specialty roaster that emphasizes long-term partnerships, transparency, and sustainability in its sourcing practices.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

Counter Culture identifies La Golondrina as its most popular single-origin and a partnership dating to 2007. For the 2025 season, Orgánica brought quality assessment and commercialization in-house.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Connected verified records

Linked the existing Cauca region, Orgánica cooperative, Washed process, and Field Blend variety record.

02
Documented the current crop

Added structured coverage of the 2025 harvest, member villages, elevation range, variety mix, certifications, and cooperative sourcing.

03
Separated historical commentary

Kept older articles in the research trail but excluded them from current-release public sentiment.

What was added?

Cauca and Field Blend relationships, four editorial sections, a current evidence review, and explicit limits.

What wasn't added?

No single farm, midpoint altitude, fermentation or drying detail, retail price, original tasting score, or public sentiment rating was inferred.

Why it matters

The page now models the coffee as a multi-farm cooperative lot and distinguishes current crop facts from historical commentary.

What you might taste

Milk chocolate, cherry, and nutty notes, according to Counter Culture.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://counterculturecoffee.com/products/12-oz-la-golondrina
Coffee profile

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

This coffee is in our database because we can reliably document it — but we haven't tasted and scored it yet, and we never publish a score we haven't earned.

Outside reviews and internet discussion — is kept clearly separate from our own review. When we taste it, our full review appears here.

The internet pulse

What the internet is saying about this coffee

Research complete — no qualifying reviews yet

Our research pipeline scanned public reviews, videos, forums and discussions for this coffee (last pass 2026-10-13) and found no independent review of this exact release that meets our verification standards. When qualifying sources appear, they'll be published here.

What we found

Method: an independent source had to identify the exact roaster, coffee, and release. Historical La Golondrina articles from other crop years were excluded from rating calculations.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farmer: Orgánica cooperative →
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