 Production Coffees (categories A, AA & AAA), normally represent a "terroir" but cannot be directly traced to a farm or estate. We buy them from coffee cooperatives or indigenous, agricultural enterprises. Such coffees are normally mixed together from several growers. This is the coffee consumed by most people, and the one most available in quality-coffee markets.
Invalsa Extra (A) coffee is premium-grade, our good coffee suitable for blending or also as a single origin. This coffee is bought principally by quality-sensitive, but price-conscious roasters.
Invalsa Superior (AA) coffee is specialty-grade, our better coffee, mostly used for single-origin roasts but also as a blender. This coffee is bought by specialty-coffee roasters looking for the finer Bolivian Coffee attributes, but with cost constraints. It provides a good value.
Invalsa Cumbre (AAA) coffee is specialty-grade and constitutes our best production coffee. It is roasted mainly as a single-origin to showcase the sweetness and full flavor of Bolivian coffee (although we know a few roasters who use it as an ingredient of their "secret" blend). Because of its size and density (grown at highest altitudes) it makes wonderful dark roasts and superb single-origin espresso. This coffee is bought by specialty-coffee roasters with quality in mind, who are cost-conscious, but for whom price is not the most important variable. |
