The Founders
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Don Miguel Londoño
First generation
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Fabio Londoño
Second generation
![Andres-Londoño](http://colombianexoticcoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Andres-Londono.jpg)
Andrés Londoño
Third generation
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Santiago Londoño
Fourth generation
Family history
Coffee farming remains in the Londoño for four generations, having planted the first crop over 100 years ago by our founder Miguel Londoño. The success of the Londoño family comes from the principal; “What you plant is what you Harvest”. By following such principals as well as dedication, determination, discipline, direction, and diversity allows the Londoño family to manage such phenomenal crop, resulting in high-quality coffee being served directly to the buyer.
1920
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In the year 1920, Miguel Londoño arrived in the department of Cauca, what today corresponds to the old Caldas and North of Valle del Cauca, transporting goods on the back of a mule. It was a remote, unpopulated territory and he saw how the landscape drew him great opportunities to settle down definitely; far enough to start a new life and wonderfully close to fertile soils and abundant waters. This was how the first members of the Londoño Botero family arrived.
1932
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The first coffee plantation is established on the El Capitolio farm.
1968
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The second generation begins to work in the business: Fabio Londoño.
1993
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The third generation begins to work in the business: Andrés Londoño
2004
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The fourth generation begins to work in the business: Santiago Londoño
2005
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The Rainforest Alliance Certificate was awarded
2018
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Hard work have resulted in coffee of the highest quality and this comes with many prices and awards.
1st and 3rd price at the Cup of Excellence competition
Winner of the cupping contest “Taste of New York” 2018
"What you plant is what you harvest. "
Londoño family belief
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