Stories

There are currently eight producers participating in the Manos Juntas program, each one a smallholder with 1–2 hectares of coffee. The varieties in this lot are Colombia, Castillo, and Colombia F6.

Maria Cenaida Flor has been producing coffee for 15 years and she considers it a family enterprise.

Kariaini Coffee Factory is operated by the Mwirua Farmers Cooperative Society
(F.C.S.) and was founded in the 1960s.

Sitio Capim Seco is owned and operated by Rafael Dias Pereira, who comes from a long line of coff...

Oscar and Francisca Chacón are third-generation coffee producers. The couple is committed to quality and innovation, and were among the very first farmers in Costa Rica to produce Honey and Natural processed specialty coffee.

Carlos Mauricio Lemus Landaverde is a young producer who inherited his father’s 4 hectare farm af...

Arsosala is a washing station founded in 2015 that currently serves about 1,200smallholder produc...

Isabel Correa Paz owns La Mandarina, a 6 hectare farm with 5 hectares of coffee planted primarily with Caturra and Pache varieties but some others mixed in as well.

Aricha is about 8 kilometers from the center of Yirgacheffe Town.
The soils in this region are red-brown clay soil, about 1.5 meters deep.

This coffee is the initiative of Moses Venapo, an entrepreneurial producer in the Eastern Highlands, who wanted to offer local smallholders better access to higher market prices as well as a higher traceability option.

Oscar and Francisca Chacón are third-generation coffee producers, with coffee in their hearts and souls. The couple is committed to quality and innovation, and were among the very first farmers in Costa Rica to produce Honey and Natural processed specialty coffee.