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COMMUNITY PROJECT:
NABUSIMAKE
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY
Hidden high in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Nabusimake is known as “the place where the sun is born.” It is the ancestral and spiritual heart of the Arhuaco people, an Indigenous community whose relationship with the land is cultural, spiritual, and deeply protective.
This project is led by Oliverio Villafaña and the Comunidad de Nabusimake. After leaving his territory to study coffee professionally, Oliverio returned home with the purpose of strengthening coffee production while protecting the traditions and knowledge inherited from his community.
Here, coffee is grown between 1,800 and 2,000 metres above sea level and is made entirely from Typica, one of Colombia’s oldest coffee varieties. In Nabusimake, coffee feels like more than a crop. It is a way to preserve identity, care for the land, and connect today’s harvest with generations of traditional knowledge.
“Nabusimake is a coffee rooted in memory, territory, and patience. A small expression of a community that has protected its land and traditions for generations.”
Why We Work With Nabusimake
Working with the Nabusimake community is about more than sourcing a rare coffee. It is about supporting a way of producing that respects the land, protects cultural identity, and creates value without asking the community to leave behind what makes it unique.
Coffee can become a bridge between worlds. For the Arhuaco community, it offers a way to generate income from within their territory, through farming practices connected to their environment and traditions. For roasters and coffee drinkers, it offers the chance to experience a coffee with real origin, not only in geography, but in meaning.
This project also helps preserve Typica, a variety that has shaped the history of Colombian coffee but is now less common in many producing regions. By creating a stronger route to market for this coffee, the community can continue growing a variety that reflects elegance, clarity, and heritage.
At the centre of this work is respect: respect for the Arhuaco people, for their territory, for their knowledge, and for the time it takes to build relationships properly. We do this because coffees like this should not be treated as commodities. They are the result of place, culture, patience, and trust.
