Finca Altamira is at the top of a hill and has no road access. Everything needed at the house or farm is brought up and down to the closest road by pack horses and with this particular hill, as Sergio Buesaco says, you need to go slowly. There is one hectare (out of the five in total) planted with Caturra and Castillo, with a very small amount of Typica interspersed occasionally. The coffee is processed using the washed method and then dried on elbas which are flat areas under the roof of the house that is exposed to the sun when the roof is retracted. The family also grow beans for the San Agustín market as well as yucca and plantain. Sergio is approaching 80 and is farming with the help of his wife Ricardina and their ten children.

Finca Altamira

We source and roast coffee from single farms, estates and cooperatives. When we taste a coffee that we like, we want to know where it comes from and who grows, picks and processes it. We travel extensively throughout the year, visiting the producers and cooperatives with whom we currently work and looking for interesting varietals of coffee and new farms from which to buy. During these visits we talk to farmers and cooperative members, learning more about the coffee they grow and process and the challenges that they face. We then look to establish a relationship with the grower and exporter of that coffee. We believe that where such a relationship exists, quality, quantity and price requirements can be discussed in an open and equal way. We see this as sustainable, fair and equal trade.

Finca Altamira

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