Reducing the drug trade, one cocktail at a time...

King Charles I School is one of the first academies in England to successfully set up a community interest company run by students. Cattleya CIC was established in March 2011 and offers a range of alcohol-free cocktails and smoothies which are based on ethically sourced fruits from Colombia. With Cattleya’s mission being to help increase the UK demand for Andean fruits, raising the profile of the exotic fruit sector, which has huge potential to replace illicit crops as an alternative, sustainable rural economy, our fruit purées are imported from Colombia by Fruto del Espiritu, see www.fruto.co.uk

As a’ not for profit’ organisation, Cattleya re-invests any surplus back in to the company and donates a percentage of any profits to Colombia. Fruto del Espiritu also donates 5% from each bottle of fruit purchased by Cattleya to an educational fund to support the education of teenagers whose parents grow or process our fruit in Colombia.

Launched in April 2011, Cattleya aims to help reduce the drug trade found in Columbia by providing Columbian farmers with a stable income from the fruits we purchase.

As an award winning Community Interest Company, we serve a range of exotic non-alcoholic cocktails that will take your taste buds on a journey through Columbia.

Cattleya CIC is the first ever Columbian fruit Enterprise set up as a registered company in a school, and we are the second registered community interest company set up in any school in the UK.

Our fruit purées are supplied from Fruto del Espiritu, a company based in the UK supplying Columbian fruits to companies like ourselves, which creates a huge potential to replace coca cultivation and provide the fruit growth as an alternative and sustainable rural economy.

Cattleya’s Awards -

• The FSB, Worcestershire Award for Recognition of Business & Enterprise Achievement.
• Runner up of the ‘Birmingham Made Me Design EXPO 2012’.