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International Women's Day 2024 RUBY ALVAREZ DE CUARTAS
esnayder • Mar 08, 2024
International Women's Day 2024
As we say in Colombia, everything starts at home, and of course, what better way to celebrate women's contribution to our lives, society and the coffee industry than by sharing this article by Chimney Coffee Fire about our mother Ruby Alvarez and her contribution to the coffee industry over 70 years.
The contribution of women to the coffee industry should not be invisible and must be celebrated. Thank you Sam Pearce, Elizabeth Furth and everyone at Chimney Coffee Fire for this piece, we are honoured and humbled at the same time.
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The 2021 harvest was a good one at Finca Las Cruces , and we’re celebrating it with a special edition of beans selected from one of our parents’ favourite plots, Los Nogales. Our mother likes it as the terrain is undulating, it is close to the farm house, and it has rich soil. Our father planted Nogales (walnut trees) that are good for woodwork, as well as fruit trees like avocados, papaya, and guanabanas. This shady plot gives an excellent cup scoring 86 SCA points. We’ve dedicated this special edition to our mother Ruby, who turned 80 in 2021. It is a celebration of her contribution to the coffee culture, working and supporting for more than 70 years her father, brothers, husband and sons in the running of the farm. The role of women in the coffee industry has been overlooked but their contribution has been huge, like Ruby, who got up at 2am to go to remote fields to cook for workers that were opening fields to be planted with coffee for the first time, as well helping in the picking, working in washing stations, sundrying the coffee, removing defects and lots of hard work and passion. We celebrate you our Chapoleras and thank you for all your care and support. This edition was also roasted in Quinchia, by our friends from Apecafeq in Quinchia mainly run by talented women.
