Hernan Gomez Reyes is a producer we’ve bought from a few times over the years, one of the star producers in a 60 strong collective of Pozo Negro coffee producers. His 12 hectare farm has eight hectares of coffee farm and four hectares of conservation land. He manages his farm very carefully using very minimal chemical inputs and creating his own natural compost using coffee pulp.
The cherry pickers that work the harvest at Buena Vista come from the local village, picked cherries are transported almost a whole kilometre by mule to reach the Reyes’ home where he has processing facilities. At his wet mill he removes mucilage and ferments coffee for 30 hours and then washes the coffee with fresh mountain water.
Seasonal buying is about seeing coffee as a crop not a commodity, buying in harmony with the growing seasons to enjoy coffee at its best. This kind of buying has always been the backbone of our business and it’s something we’ve improved and refined every year.
