Wilmer Betancourt is one of the coffee producers in our El Yalcon program. Each lot of coffee that each producer delivers to the mil is assessed for quality, in appearance, size and of course taste. They have to be good to make it into our El Yalcon blend, but sometimes the lots are truly exceptional. This small lot was one of those, so we’ve kept it separate as a unique expression of Wilmer’s work.

 

Wilmer owns El Pital farm, which at just 1 hectare is very small. He has 4,000 coffee trees – a mix of Caturra (great for flavour) and Colombia (a bit more disease resistant). He’s worked hard on how the coffee is looked after following picking and this has been a big factor in helping him get consistently good results.

El Pital

We are coffee roasters and hospitality experts.

As a specialty coffee company, we get to build friendships with a huge variety of interesting and talented people all around the world who are embarking on new adventures every day. From coffee lovers to coffee shop owners and coffee farmers, we get to connect these people and it is such a humbling and inspiring privilege.

Since starting out in 1998, we have invested in our product, people and community. Back then we were just three passionate people roasting coffee out of a small shop in a provincial New Zealand surf town. Today, the only real difference is we have a lot more friends around the globe to learn things from and to share our coffee and hospitality with.

El Pital

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