Bolivia Finca La Asunta

Juan Carlos Huanca owns Finca La Asunta, a 7 hectare farm with 3 hectares planted with coffee and he grows citrus fruits on the other parts of the farm. They produce only 2250kgs of coffee annually from the farm. From Juan: “I was born in the Camacho province and I arrived in the Yungas in 1992 with my father who was a coffee grower. In 2004 I was able to buy my own land and planted Creole variety but the disease ruined everything. After that I had to start over and I planted Catuaí and Geisha and took care of them a lot, since then I have been in specialty coffees and I can take care of my three children with this. To all those who are drinking this coffee, I hope you enjoy it a lot. I lost almost all of the first plantation I had because it got sick and I didn't know how to control the pests. I felt devastated since I had spent a lot of money and also had my small children. Despite the difficulties we went through and thanks to the support, not only physical but also moral, that my wife gave me, we managed as a family and tried again to plant coffee. Now we are taking the risk of producing exotic varieties and we are doing much better than we were before. It is never too late for a new beginning.”