Cordillera de Fuego

IN 2015, THE CAMPOS VARELA AND HERNANDEZ FAMILIES came together to form the Cordillera de Fuego mill with the intention of processing their own coffees. Both Luis Campos Varela and José Francisco Hernandez bring decades of coffee experience and the partnership quickly grew to serve other smallholder family producers nearby. As Cordillera de Fuego grew their network of producer partners, they committed to principles of price transparency; as well as environmental, social, and economic sustainability. These remain their core values and their focus for the future of Cordillera de Fuego.

Today, coffees from 250 different smallholder producers, in addition to the coffees from both the Campos and Hernandez family farms, comprise Cordillera de Fuego. The network spans the micro regions of San Ramon and Los Santos in the West Valley. Cordillera de Fuego provides in-house traceability to their partners––from cherry to green coffee. A combined knowledge and experience of both the Varela and Hernandez families offers its own guarantee of quality from Cordillera de Fuego. They believe investing in and strengthening their long term relationships is the key to Cordillera de Fuego’s future.

Since 2019 Stumptown has been purchasing a lot from the group that we call Montanas de Fuego, or "Mountains of Fire" in the spirit of the volcanic mountain range or "Cordillera" where these exceptional coffees are grown. Always approachable yet delicious, Montanas de Fuego was an easy choice for our first decaf single origin. After we tasted the fresh offerings of the year, we reached out to our partners at Swiss Water Process (SWP) in Vancouver, B.C. The decaffeination process uses water and carbon filters to gently separate the caffeine and soluble flavor via osmosis. No chemicals are used in the process and we’ve found SWP’s proprietary method the best to maintain the essence of the green coffee. The Swiss Water Process leaves less than 1% caffeine.

We are proud and excited to showcase the sublime coffees of Cordillera de Fuego as Stumptown’s first single origin decaf offering. This cup will have you coming back for more with notes of creamy milk chocolate, fresh vanilla bean, and an orange zest finish to carry all that sweetness. Go on and have that extra cup, it's decaf!

“Cordillera de Fuego is who we are, what we do, and it is our vision of the future coming together.” - Luis Campos Verala