Regenerative Coffee Grown by Indigenous Women
Café D’Yasica grows under the canopy of banana and citrus trees high in the cloud forests of Northeast Nicaragua.
Our coffee is tended to and roasted with love by our co-operative of indigenous women.
Members of Cooperativa Tonanzintlalli. Image by Noelia Lacayo Espinoza
Our People
Cooperativa Tonanzintlalli, which stands for Sacred Mother Earth, was founded by 23 indigenous Matagalpa women to cultivate and add value to organic regenerative coffee grown under the tree canopy, in right relationship with the land and the people in the community.
Through our coffee brand, Café D’Yasica, our co-operative seeks to recover, promote, and defend our ecological and cultural indigenous knowledge, and our economic and political self-determination.
We are committed to upholding the rights of our Mother Earth and our sacred relationship with her and all her creatures.
Coffee Fruit. Image by Noelia Lacayo Espinoza
Our Coffee
Café D’Yasica grows regeneratively in the shade under the tree canopy at 3,300 ft. in the mountains of NE Nicaragua. It is harvested by hand, sun dried, and roasted in small batches. This delicious Arabica blend - 75% parainema and 25% catimor - is roasted in Nicaragua by our co-operative.
Our coffee has received national integrity and quality awards. It is a symbol of our empowerment as indigenous women and it represents the healing that is possible through agroforestry practices that protect and regenerate the forest, biodiversity, and waters while providing sustenance and income to our people.
Indigenous Community of La Laguna, Nicaragua. Image by Noelia Lacayo Espinoza
Our Land
We are blessed to live and grow our coffee in a cloud forest of incredible biodiversity. It hosts important animal populations and constitutes a biological corridor connecting 3 natural preserves in the Yasica Sur watershed, in the Northeast of Nicaragua.
Our work safeguards critical corridors for wildlife and protects the forest, water, and soil. This not only ensures the survival of our indigenous communities in the area, but also contributes to our global survival as humans on this precious Earth.
Mountains surrounding La Laguna, Matagalpa, Nicaragua.
Our Vision
We envision a world where humanity lives in sacred relationship with our Mother Earth and all its creatures, where indigenous women are connected to their ancestral ecological and cultural knowledge and empowered to create economically viable and sustainable enterprises that transmit their identity.
Our coffee is recognized for its quality and valued for the healing ecosystem that it is part of - sustainable livelihoods, empowered women, indigenous cultural identity, and thriving biodiversity -.
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