Zumba Smallholders - Sidra

Zumba sits at the southern tip of Ecuador, in the canton of Chinchipe, Zamora Chinchipe — a province that occupies the ecological bridge between the Andes and the Amazon. The name Chinchipe comes from the Shuar word for bejuco, a vine that grows along the Mayo-Chinchipe river running north to south through the canton. This river, and the forests that line it, define the landscape that coffee grows in here.
Coffee has deep roots in the Zumba area. The Bracamoros Coffee Fair — named for the Amazonian indigenous tribes who first settled the banks of the Mayo-Chinchipe — has been running for over a decade, selecting the best lots from the region and providing one of the few organised specialty channels available to producers in this remote corner of the country. Before Ecuador's northern estates began drawing international attention, the southern provinces of Loja and Zamora Chinchipe were synonymous with the country's coffee identity — small family plots, traditional varieties, and production shaped more by heritage than by market incentive.
At 1,600 masl, Zumba sits within the higher band of Zamora Chinchipe's elevation range, where cooler temperatures and the influence of surrounding forest create conditions well suited to Washed processing. This Sidra Bourbon lot — jasmine, lemon zest, green apple — reflects both the clarity of the process and the restrained, structured character the region produces when post-harvest handling is done with precision.