Latin America

This innovative farm in the Andes mountain range of Antioquia, Colombia, produces wonderful coffees while maintaining a strong focus on equity and community collaboration. Orlando Gaviria, the founder of the farm, established a nonprofit for regional farmers to share knowledge and expertise as well as ensured comfortable conditions for his coffee pickers. Today, his son Mauricio and wife Maria run the farm with the same emphasis on equity and quality that Orlando established. This delicious...

Mario Guerrero has put a lot of work and love into his farm. Formerly a carpenter, he is glad to focus on on his farm, where he also cultivates bees and harvests honey. The farm is located in Pocaron, Palanda, Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador in a beautiful forest surrounded by many native trees. The elevation ranges from 1,500 to 1,700 meters above sea level. The harvest season in this part of South America begins in June runs through October. Mario combines three different coffee varieties -...

Pacamara is a botanical variety of coffee born from crossing Pacas and Maragogype varieties to produce an elegant, large coffee bean with exceptional quality when grown at high altitude. It is one of the only varieties that holds its own against much more expensive and rare Gesha (Geisha) coffees. The low-growing Pacamara plants have a lower yield and are more susceptible to diseases than other varieties, so they require extra care and resources. Pacamara is most commonly found in El Salvador,...