Finca Vista Hermosa is a coffee farm situated in Guatemala. It is owned by Edwin and Don Edwin Martinez. Finca Vista Hermosa was our first Direct Trade farm. It is exciting to say, that we now have worked together for ten years. The work that Edwin Martinez and Don Edwin Martinez put into Finca Vista […]
On Sunday 3rd of December Casper and I (Peter Dupont) went together with Geoff Watts of Intelligentsia Coffee and Aman Adinew of Metad to their mill in Halo Beriti. It was the day of celebrating the start of the coffee harvest. Metad had invited the local farmers to a celebration where they as local tradition […]
Last year I went to Bolivia for the first time and were very impressed by the nature, culture and people in general, but also the quality of their coffees impressed me. The exported coffee volume is falling at a speed, that if the data for the last years according to the International Coffee Organisation is […]
For a long time I (Peter Dupont) have wished to have a talk with Felipe Martinez, who is the grand father of Edwin Martinez from Finca Vista Hermosa. Felipe Martinez started Finca Vista Hermosa in the 1950’ies Monday 22rd of May 2017, I got that chance. We sad down and talked for an hour about […]
When we received the samples from Takesi we were left in awe. There was a Geisha in there among the samples, and it just might be the best coffee I’ve ever tasted. We instantly knew that we needed to go visit the farm in Bolivia where these beans had come from. I couldn’t wait to […]
Traveling to Bolivia in 2016 was one of the most amazing coffee experiences I’ve ever had in a long time. The combination of extremely high coffee quality, organic farming principles, and the deep and authentic Bolivian culture weaved together a beautiful coffee experience. We can’t wait to bring this experience to you guys here in […]
On the 22nd of November 2015 Casper and I (Peter Dupont) went to Ethiopia. While Casper has been there the last five years, this was my first time since 2007. I looked very much forward to coming back to Ethiopia, since it is definitely one of the coffee producing countries that intrigue me the most. […]
Vi er glade for at se, at der er kommet gang i debatten om, hvad der betales til kaffebønderne. Her er en oversigt over, hvad vi har betalt for de kaffer, vi har på hylderne lige nu. We are happy to see, that there has been some debate about payment to the farmers in […]
Two days before my arrival in Guatemala, I got an email from Edwin Martinez (the owner of Finca Vista Hermosa). He wrote that Coffee Leaf Rust had hit them extremely hard this year and they expected to harvest only 10% of what they did 2-3 years ago. When our bar manager at Torvehallerne, Rasmus Gamrath, and I visited […]
Since I (Rasmus Gamrath) started working in specialty coffee 4 years ago, Hacienda La Esmeralda has always been one of those farms that have been standing out to me as something very unique. The cleanliness, sweetness and amazing floral aromas in their coffees are a constant positive surprise when we brew it in the bar. […]