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1,739 smallholder farmers working with Greenco Coffee

The Kibingo washing station serves a large community of smallholder farmers in the Kayanza commune of northern Burundi. These producers cultivate coffee on small plots of land located at altitudes ranging from 1,700 to 1,900 meters above sea level. The station acts as a central hub for processing the harvests of these farmers, who are organized into groups to facilitate communication and quality control.

13 unnamed farmers of San Pedro de Cartago

Intelligentsia identifies this producer group as 13 unnamed farmers who supplied its February 2024 Colombia San Pedro de Cartago release in Nariño. The roaster does not publish their individual names or a single shared farm.

140 Producers Surrounding Habtamu Fikadu Wet Mill

Verve identifies approximately 140 smallholder producers farming Ethiopian Heirloom coffee at 2,100–2,300 meters around the Habtamu Fikadu wet mill in Jimma, Ethiopia. The farmers deliver cherry to centralized collection points; individual growers are not named.

161 smallholder farmers

This aggregate profile represents the 161 smallholder farmers who delivered coffee from Bombe Chilaka, Hamasho, and Keramo for George Howell's January 2026 Hamasho Borena lot.

18 female members of Coopedota

These 18 female members are accomplished coffee producers affiliated with the Coopedota cooperative located in the Dota region of Costa Rica. In 2023, the cooperative challenged the 32 women participating in its microlot program to produce their highest quality coffee, resulting in a special lot featuring the work of these 18 specific members. Their farming practices are supported by the cooperative, which provides technical assistance to ensure sustainable agricultural management in the Los Santos region.

200 producers from La Prosperidad de Chirinos Cooperative

This record represents the 200 La Prosperidad de Chirinos cooperative producers whose coffee forms Sightglass's Grizzly Peak blend in San Ignacio, Cajamarca. It is a release-specific cohort within a broader cooperative of more than 800 producers.

23 next-generation coffee farmers

The term 'next-generation coffee farmers' in Colombia refers to a collective of young producers, often aged 14 to 30, who are participating in specialized development programs. These farmers are focused on transforming traditional coffee farming into sustainable, innovative, and profitable business operations. They are frequently supported by mentorship initiatives that emphasize quality, experimentation, and international market relevance.

315 smallholder producers delivering to Ndiaini Factory

Ndiaini Factory is a coffee processing station located in the Mukuruweini Sub-County of Nyeri, Kenya. It serves as a central hub for 611 smallholder farmers across seven villages who deliver their harvested cherries for processing.

45 small producers working with Sookoo Coffee

This producer record represents the 45 smallholder farms in Okoluu village whose cherries make up Counter Culture’s current natural-sundried lot. Sookoo Coffee receives and processes the cherries at its nearby facility; Sookoo is the processing and export partner, not the sole grower.

800 Konga Sedie smallholder farmers

Klatch’s Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Konga Qawissa release was produced by 800 small farmers in Konga Sedie village, Gedeo. The mixed-heirloom coffee was grown above 1,900 meters and processed at the Adorsi-Testi washing station.

868 Gotiti smallholder farmers

A collective of 868 smallholder farmers in Gedeb woreda, Ethiopia, supplying the Gotiti Washing Station. Their plots are typically under two hectares, with Ethiopian landrace coffee growing near 2,050 meters under acacia and false-banana shade.

950 smallholder members of the Kiangoi factory

Sightglass identifies this release with 950 smallholder members delivering to Kiangoi Factory in Kirinyaga County. The group should be understood as the release's named producer cohort, not as a single farm owner.

96B Cafe & Roastery

96B began in 2016 with Hana C., an SCAE-certified roaster, brewer and barista. Thai Dang joined in 2020 and led a rebrand as the company expanded into exporting and education. Rogue Wave credits 96B with sourcing this Liberica from Huong Hoa District and working with local farmers on rare Vietnamese coffee species.

Abel Raymundo Arotaype Huayllas

Abel Raymundo Arotaype Huayllas is a coffee producer based in the Cusco region of Peru. He manages the farm El Pedregal, which is situated at an extreme elevation of nearly 2,500 meters above sea level near the border of the Ayacucho department. His work has gained international recognition, specifically for his production of the Geisha coffee variety. His coffee was awarded 11th place in the 2024 Peru Cup of Excellence competition with a score of 88.18.

Abel Salinas

Abel Salinas is a first-generation coffee producer based in Saraguro, Loja, Ecuador. He is recognized as a key figure in the development of Saraguro as a specialty coffee origin and is noted for his high-quality production of the Mejorado variety.

Abelardo Medina

Abelardo Medina produces high-elevation Pink Bourbon at El Girasol in La Florida, La Plata, Huila. SEY identifies his January 2025 coffee as a Copa de Oro competition lot.

About 2,000 Banko Gotiti smallholder farmers

Approximately 2,000 smallholder farmers around Banko Gotiti contribute cherry to the local washing station. Their Ethiopian landrace coffee is cultivated on garden plots averaging about one hectare in Gedeb, Gedeo.

Abraham Armijos

Abraham Armijos is a coffee producer based in the Saraguro region of Ecuador. He is recognized for cultivating the Mejorado variety, which is genetically identified as a Bourbon cultivar. His coffee is processed by hand-picking cherries at peak ripeness, followed by floating, de-pulping, and a 24-hour dry fermentation process before being washed and dried on raised beds for 15 days. His work has been featured by international specialty roasters who highlight the distinct terroir of his farm.

Adam Overton

Adam Overton is a coffee producer and co-founder of the Gesha Village Coffee Estate in Ethiopia. Alongside his partner Rachel Samuel, he transitioned from a career in documentary filmmaking to coffee farming to preserve and elevate the legacy of Ethiopian coffee.

Adam Overton & Rachel Samuel

The couple behind Gesha Village Coffee Estate: Rachel Samuel, born in Ethiopia, and Adam Overton, who arrived in 2007 to film a documentary about Ethiopian coffee and left with a plan to grow Gesha in its homeland.

Adan and Kilverth Sagastume

Adan and Kilverth Sagastume are a father-and-son coffee producing duo based in the Santa Barbara region of Honduras. They are recognized for producing high-quality micro-lots that have been featured by specialty roasters.

Adelfo, Dionicio, and Pompillio García Luna

Adelfo Sanson García Luna, Dionicio García Luna and Pompillio García Luna are brother-producers in San Vicente Yogondoy, Sierra Sur, Oaxaca. Each works a separate farm and contributes Pluma Hidalgo parchment to their combined Hermanos Luna lot.

Adrian Lasso

Adrian Lasso is a Colombian coffee producer based in Pitalito, Huila, who is recognized for his role in the new generation of specialty coffee growers. He operates Finca El Diviso, where he focuses on high-end specialty coffee production and innovative processing techniques.

Agrocafe El Tambo association

Agrocafe El Tambo is an association of coffee farmers in El Tambo, Nariño, Colombia. Counter Culture identifies the association, rather than one farm, as the producer group behind Nuevo Amanecer.

Agrounidos coffee association

Agrounidos is a coffee association in Nariño, Colombia. Counter Culture began working with the association in 2015 after Catholic Relief Services’ Borderlands project connected quality-focused buyers with local producers. Its Cueva de los Llanos lots include a washed Caturra, Castillo, and Colombia selection and a separate small Pink Bourbon release.

Aguirre family

The Aguirre family are renowned coffee producers based in La Libertad, Huehuetenango, Guatemala, who operate the prestigious Finca El Injerto. They are widely recognized for their commitment to high-quality specialty coffee, sustainable farming, and environmental conservation. The family has established a global reputation for excellence, consistently ranking among the top coffee producers in the world.

Aidé and Pedro Garro

Aidé and Pedro Garro are coffee producers at Finca El Eden in San Carlos, Urrao, Antioquia. They cultivate Chiroso exclusively at the 2,000-meter farm, and Partners Coffee has featured Aidé's washed Chiroso for five releases.

Ajoy and Pranoy Thipaiah

Ajoy and Pranoy Thipaiah are a father-son duo managing Kerehaklu Estate, a biodiverse coffee farm located in the Chikmagalur district of Karnataka, India. Ajoy focuses on agronomy and traditional farming wisdom, while Pranoy leads post-harvest innovation and experimental processing. Together, they are recognized for redefining Indian specialty coffee through a focus on soil health, agroforestry, and scientific processing techniques.

Alaka Farmers Association

The Alaka Farmers Association is a collective of smallholder coffee growers located in the West Guji Zone of the Oromia region in Ethiopia. These farmers cultivate coffee at high elevations, typically ranging from 1,900 to 2,200 meters above sea level. They supply their harvested coffee cherries to the Hambela Alaka washing station for processing.

Alarcón Coronel family

The Alarcón Coronel family operates Finca La Palestina, an 11-hectare coffee farm located in the San José del Alto district of Cajamarca, Peru. The farm consists of seven individual parcels managed by different family members, with processing centralized at a shared wet mill overseen by José and Anibal Alarcón. They cultivate a variety of coffee cultivars including Gesha, SL9, and Bourbon Marshell at elevations ranging from 1,200 to 2,100 meters above sea level. The family collaborates with Origin Coffee Lab to implement agricultural practices aimed at improving coffee quality and farm productivity.

Alarcón Coronel family

The Alarcón Coronel family operates La Palestina, a collection of individual coffee parcels in San José del Alto, Cajamarca, Peru. Intelligentsia identifies the family as the producer of the 1,950-meter El Rejo Bourbon parcel.

Alarcón Coronel family

The Alarcón Coronel family operates Finca La Palestina in San José del Alto, Jaén, Cajamarca, as seven family-managed parcels with shared processing. Individual releases should name the responsible parcel manager when published.

Albeiro Ramirez

Albeiro Ramirez is a coffee producer based in Colombia. He is recognized for cultivating coffee on his farm, El Roble, located in Urrao, Antioquia.

Alberto & Carlos Lizarazo

Alberto and Carlos Lizarazo are a father-and-son team who operate a coffee farm located in the Huila region of Colombia. Their farm is situated at a high elevation of 2,100 meters above sea level. They cultivate a variety of coffee plants, including Pink Bourbon, Gesha, Chiroso, and Ombligón. The pair manages all aspects of production, from the harvesting of coffee cherries to the final processing stages.

Alberto Trujillo

Alberto Trujillo is a coffee producer based in the Rica Brisa area of Tarqui, Huila, Colombia. He is recognized for his work in cultivating high-quality specialty coffee, specifically focusing on varieties like Pink Bourbon.

Albino Ibias

Albino Ibias is a coffee producer based in the Inkawasi Valley of Cusco, Peru, who operates the farm Tres Cedros. He is recognized for producing high-quality specialty coffee that has gained international attention from roasters.

Alburez-Ortega Family

The Alburez-Ortega family are long-standing coffee producers based in the San Martín Jilotepeque municipality of the Acatenango region in Guatemala. They manage Finca La Merced and its sister farm, El Retiro, maintaining a multi-generational commitment to coffee cultivation.

Alejandrina Maytan

Alejandrina Maytan produced SEY’s 2026 Kukipata SL9 release in Amaybamba, Cusco, Peru, at 2,280 meters. SEY describes a fruit-forward, jammy cup with yellow tropical fruit and strawberry.

Alejandro Renjifo

Alejandro Renjifo is a prominent figure in the Colombian specialty coffee industry, recognized both as a long-standing exporter through Fairfield Trading and as a coffee producer. He operates the Reina de Saba farm, located in the Santa Monica area of San Agustín, Huila.

Alejo Castro

Alejo Castro is a modern coffee producer and the owner of the historic Volcan Azul estate in Costa Rica. He is recognized for his focus on sustainability, traceability, and the implementation of precise, modern processing techniques to elevate coffee quality.

Alejo Castro Kahle

Alejo Castro Kahle is a prominent coffee producer and the owner of the Volcán Azul estate in Costa Rica. He is recognized for his focus on quality, sustainability, and the implementation of modern processing techniques. He manages the farm with a commitment to innovation while maintaining deep historical ties to coffee cultivation.

Alemu Beraso

Alemu Beraso is an Ethiopian coffee producer recognized for his participation in the Cup of Excellence competition. His work highlights the high-quality coffee production emerging from Ethiopia's diverse growing regions.

Alfonso Villagomez

Alfonso Villagomez is a Q-grader and former environmental consultant who owns and operates San Agustin Estate in Tulipe, Pichincha, Ecuador. He is recognized for his methodical and meticulous approach to coffee production, focusing on high-quality, small-scale lots.

Alo

Tamiru Tadesse is a coffee producer and the founder of Alo Coffee, an exporting company and network of processing stations based in the Bensa district of Sidama, Ethiopia. A former university teacher and electrical engineer, he transitioned into the coffee industry to improve quality standards and ensure better recognition for local farmers. He operates his business alongside his wife, Messi.

Alo Coffee

Tamiru Tadesse is the founder and CEO of Alo Coffee, a specialty coffee exporting company based in the highlands of Ethiopia. A former electrical engineer and university teacher, he applies an analytical approach to coffee cultivation and processing to highlight the unique terroir of the Sidama region. He works closely with smallholder farmers in Bensa to produce high-quality, expressive coffee lots.

Altieri Specialty Coffee

Altieri Specialty Coffee is a family-owned producer based in Boquete, Panama, known for consistently placing in the Best of Panama competition. Founded by Eugene Altieri, the estate operates multiple plots across high-altitude regions, focusing on high-quality specialty coffee production.

AMACA (Asociación de Mujeres Productoras Agropecuarias del Cauca)

AMACA (Asociación de Mujeres Productoras Agropecuarias del Cauca) is an association of women coffee producers based in El Tambo, Cauca, Colombia. The organization serves as a platform for over 140 smallholder women farmers who are heads of their households to improve their production practices and gain access to the specialty coffee market.

Amparo Maya

Amparo Maya Guerrero is a coffee producer at Las Mangas in Chachagüí, Nariño. Verve documents decades of work transforming the family property into a diversified farm growing coffee, citrus and avocados.

Ana María Caicedo and Pablo Orlando Chavez

Ana María Caicedo and Pablo Orlando Chavez are the two producers Intelligentsia credits for its Colombia Arcafé release through the Arcafé farmer association in Linares, Nariño. The exact source does not name either producer’s individual farm.

Ana Maria Donneys

A fifth-generation coffee grower from Quindío, Colombia. She took over her family's coffee business in 2019, after her grandfather passed away, and has become a recognized leader in experimental processing, including anaerobic fermentation, red honey, and carbonic maceration.

Anasora smallholder farmers

Smallholder out-growers in South Guji deliver selectively handpicked, ripe red cherries to Anasora Washing Station. Their highland coffee grows at approximately 2,200 to 2,300 meters in semi-forest systems under indigenous shade trees.

Andres Torre Ore

Andres Torre Ore is a coffee producer based in Peru who manages Finca Muruhuay. His farm is situated in a region where the Andes mountains meet the Amazon rainforest, a location he leverages to produce balanced and drinkable specialty coffees.

Anibal Sanchez Burbano

Aníbal Celestino Sánchez Burbano produces Gesha at La Siria in La Argentina, Huila. SEY’s November 2024 washed lot grew at 1,900 meters and showed white florals, ripe nectarine and a clean, expressive profile.

Anthony Kimani

Anthony Irungu Kimani is an award-winning coffee producer based in the Kirinyaga region of Kenya. He owns and manages the Kibingo Estate, where he has invested in his own washing station to maintain control over processing and quality. His work is noted for producing high-scoring lots that have achieved top placements in national competitions, including Kenya’s Taste of Harvest. He is recognized for his commitment to specialty coffee standards and his early collaboration with the Kamavindi Lab to export his harvests.

Antonia Fuentes

Antonia Fuentes is a smallholder coffee farmer in Oaxaca’s Sierra Sur and the producer behind Rancho La Perla. She grows Typica and keeps harvesting, wet processing and drying within the family’s own farm operation.

Antonio Gonzales

Antonio Gonzales manages coffee cultivation at Finca El Hato in Fraijanes, Guatemala. Verve identifies him as the producer for its La Nueva Montaña Natural Farmlevel Reserve and states that his wife, Eby, leads post-harvest processing at the farm.

Antonio Medina

Antonio Medina is a Guatemalan coffee producer who operates the La Colina estate. He is recognized for his long-term dedication to quality and his consistent production of specialty-grade coffee.

Antonio Rigno

Antonio Rigno is a celebrated coffee producer in Piatã, Bahia. Intelligentsia says he has placed in the top ten of Brazil’s Cup of Excellence three times and remains active in daily farm work at age 70. The exact Intelligentsia release names Antonio but does not identify its farm.

Approximately 1,200 smallholder producers

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Arsosala Washing Station is a coffee processing facility located in the Uraga district of the Guji Zone in Ethiopia. It serves approximately 1,200 smallholder farmers who cultivate coffee on small plots of land, typically averaging two hectares each.

APROCCURMA

Asociación de Productores Cafetaleros de la Cuenca del Rio Marañón (APROCCURMA) is a Peruvian coffee cooperative. Intelligentsia documents its work with 124 women producers whose farms are owned and managed by women, alongside financing, training and technical assistance.

Archived composite producer — Gigantic blend

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System-generated composite label; not a single producer. Gigantic retains its separately attributed blend components.

Archived duplicate — Marysabel Caballero and Moisés Herrera

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Archived duplicate producer record. The canonical Marysabel Caballero and Moisés Herrera profile is 6ab34bd14a88e83c4d408bc4; no coffee should reference this record.

Archived duplicate — Marysabel Caballero and Moisés Herrera

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Duplicate generated by catalog ingestion. Canonical producer record retained.

Archived duplicate — Marysabel Caballero and Moisés Herrera

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Archived duplicate record. The canonical producer profile is Marysabel Caballero and Moisés Herrera (record 6ab34bd14a88e83c4d408bc4). No published coffee or farm should reference this record.

ARGCAFEE

ARGCAFEE is a producer-led association in Argelia, Cauca, created to improve market access, pricing, quality, infrastructure, and buyer relationships for smallholder coffee farmers. Its Women Producer Program supplied Verve's Mujeres de Café release.

Arley Arboleda

Arley Arboleda is a coffee producer based in the Urrao region of Antioquia, Colombia. He manages Finca Los Guaicos, a two-hectare farm situated at high altitude, where he focuses on the cultivation of the Chiroso variety.

Armando Hurtado

Armando Hurtado is a young coffee producer at Los Pinos in Pacaypata, Cusco, Peru. SEY places the farm at 2,100 meters and describes a waterfall, rich biodiversity, traditional organic growing practices, and the provisionally named SL9 cultivar.

Arnulfo Días

Arnulfo Días is the named producer of Counter Culture’s 2025 Pacamara honey lot from Chalatenango, El Salvador. The exact product page does not publish his farm name or additional biographical details.

Arturo Aguirre Sr & Jr

Arturo Aguirre Sr. and Arturo Aguirre Jr. are a father-son team who own and operate Finca El Injerto in the Huehuetenango region of Guatemala. They are recognized for their long-standing commitment to quality, sustainable farming, and pushing the boundaries of specialty coffee production.

Arturo Paz

Ángel Arturo Paz Ramírez is a third-generation Honduran coffee producer, trained agronomist, and professional cupper in Santa Bárbara. He manages multiple farms, including El Guaco and El Itacayo, and serves as head of quality control at the San Vicente mill.

Arturo Paz and Edgardo Tinoco

Arturo Paz and Edgardo Tinoco are the two Santa Bárbara producers behind Verve’s archived Yojoa release. Individual producer records retain person-specific background and attribution.

Ashok Patre

Ashok Patre is a prominent Indian coffee producer who owns and operates the Ratnagiri Estate in the Chikmagalur region. He is widely recognized for his science-led approach to specialty coffee production and his efforts to elevate the reputation of Indian coffee on the global stage.

Asmamaw Wodemariam

Asmamaw Wodemariam is a coffee producer and the owner of Bitta Farm, located in the Bitta Woreda of Ethiopia's Kaffa Zone. He oversees all aspects of coffee production, from cultivation to processing, and is the founder of AW Coffee, an export company focused on bringing Kaffa coffee to international markets.

Asnakch Kafala

Asnakch Kafala grows coffee on two hectares in the Keramo area of Sidama and supplies cherries to Daye Bensa's Adara Keramo station. Daye Bensa reported a five-year relationship at the time of its profile.

Asobagri cooperative

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ASOBAGRI (Asociación Barillense de Agricultores) is a prominent coffee cooperative based in the Huehuetenango region of Guatemala. It represents over 1,900 small-scale producers across dozens of communities, many of whom are indigenous Maya farmers. The cooperative is widely recognized for its commitment to sustainable, organic, and Fairtrade-certified coffee production.

Asociación de Caficultores Miguelenses (ACMI)

Asociación de Caficultores Miguelenses (ACMI) is a farmer-run organization in San Miguel Ixtahuacán, San Marcos, Guatemala. Counter Culture reports more than 450 current members receiving agronomy support and infrastructure for organic transition and specialty-market access across a region historically affected by mining.

Asociación de Caficultores y Agricultores de Sipacapa (ACAS)

The Asociación de Caficultores y Agricultores de Sipacapa (ACAS) is an association of fewer than 300 coffee producers in Sipacapa, San Marcos, Guatemala. Most members cultivate less than one hectare and complete coffee processing and drying on their own farms.

Asociación Ecológica Productores de Paz: ASEPROPAZ

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ASEPROPAZ is a Colombian producer association that the Agencia de Desarrollo Rural documents in Alvarado and Planadas, Tolima. Klatch attributes its Huila-labeled Organic Colombia Huila Excelso EP release to ASEPROPAZ; the location conflict is disclosed rather than silently resolved.

Asprasar Cooperative

Asprasar, the Asociación de Productores Agropecuarios de Santa Rosa, is a smallholder coffee association in the Alto Saldaña area near Bilbao in southern Tolima. Verve and Sucafina describe the current Saldaña Highlands lot in the context of more than 80 producers on farms averaging 2.5 hectares.

ASPROCAES association

ASPROCAES is an association of 438 coffee-growing families near La Florida in Nariño, Colombia. Counter Culture identifies the association as the producer group behind Urcunina.

Assefa Dukamo Korma

Daye Bensa identifies Assefa Dukamo Korma as the owner and producer of its Hamasho station in Bensa, Sidama. The station buys cherries from 161 local coffee suppliers and farmers in the Hamasho, Keramo and Bombe Chilaka area; those suppliers grow the coffee, while the station processes it.

ASUVIM association

ASUVIM is a small association of approximately 65 producers in Sololá, Guatemala. Members in Palestina, Paquip, and Santa María Visitación deliver ripe cherry to a central mill in Paquip. Counter Culture’s documented release is certified organic, washed, and grown at 1,800–2,050 meters.

Atoma Washing Station members

Smallholder farmers in Wanja Kersa Kebele deliver cherry to Atoma Washing Station, also called Telila Site 2. Verve identifies the Wanja Kersa Espresso release as their combined community lot, processed under the direction of Mike Mamo.

Ayde Palomino Rojas

Ayde Palomino Rojas is the producer of Flor Del Valle, a one-hectare coffee garden in Santa Teresa, Cusco, Peru. SEY's first release from her documents SL9 planted in 2020 at 1,980 meters.

Ayele Tulu Family

The Ayele Tulu family operates multiple coffee washing stations in the Bona Zuria district of the Sidama region in Ethiopia, including the notable Demeka Becha site. Founded by Ayele Tulu, the family business processes coffee cherries sourced from thousands of local smallholder outgrowers who farm at high elevations between 2,100 and 2,350 meters. The family manages these operations with a focus on traceability, sustainable processing methods, and community development. Their work is supported by Ayele's wife, Genet Haile Endeshow, and their son, Tsegab Ayele Tulu, who manages the export arm of the business.

Ayele Tulu, Genet Haile Endeshow, and Tsegab Ayele

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Ayele Tulu, Genet Haile Endeshow, and their son Tsegab Ayele own and operate the Demeka Becha washing station near Becha in Bona Zuria, Sidama. SEY says the station purchases cherry from nearly 10,000 producers across Dilla Suke, Demeka, Goacho, Becha, and Bashiro Dale.

Ayla Washing Station smallholder farmers

Smallholder farmers surrounding Ayla Washing Station in Bombe, Sidama supply cherry for station-separated lots. Older directly relevant sources report roughly 725–900 participating farmers, while Intelligentsia’s current release confirms the group without publishing a fixed count.

Banexport

Banexport is a Colombian specialty-coffee exporter and producer that owns and operates Finca Juan Martín in Sotará, Cauca. Intelligentsia identifies the Ruiz family’s company as a sourcing partner since 2010 and the farm as an experimental center for agronomic, harvesting, and processing work.

Banko Taratu Smallholders

More than 500 family-owned farms in Banko Taratu supply shade-grown, handpicked cherry to the dedicated processing site. Rogue Wave lists the farms between 1,900 and 2,300 metres in the Gedeo Zone's Yirgacheffe/Gedeb area.

Barichu Cooperative Society

Barichu Cooperative Society is a producer organization in Nyeri, Kenya. Red Bird Coffee identifies Karatina as belonging to the society and says Barichu includes the Gaturiri and Gatomboya factories, together representing fewer than 1,000 smallholder farming families.

Basha Bekele

Basha Bekele is a third-generation coffee producer and mill manager based in the Bensa woreda of the Sidama region in Ethiopia. He is a community-focused leader who works with 126 registered outgrowers and operates multiple drying stations in the region.

Bavyeyi Group — 600 small-scale producers

Bavyeyi is a group of about 600 small-scale coffee producers in Ngozi Province, Burundi. It is led by and largely composed of women; members generally cultivate plots of half a hectare or less. JNP Coffee organizes, supports and exports the group's coffee but is not the sole grower.

Bayter brothers

Elias and Shady Bayter are second-generation coffee producers based in Fresno, Tolima, Colombia. They manage the El Vergel estate, focusing on producing high-quality specialty coffee through modern experimentation and technological innovation.

Behind The Leaf

Behind the Leaf is a specialty coffee project based in Myanmar that partners with the Pa-O people to resurrect and manage coffee farms. The organization focuses on providing agricultural education and fair wages to independent farmers while introducing their coffee to the global market.

Bekele Belaycho

Bekele Belaycho is a coffee producer in Bensa, Sidama. At Hora Ganet, he grows and processes high-elevation coffees with help from his family and works closely with neighboring smallholders. Verve's current espresso lot is JARC 74158 grown at 2,200 meters. Archived Verve reporting says his son Beleteno helps manage operations and that Bekele has purchased cherry from more than 100 nearby growers.

Bekele Yutute

Bekele Yutute is a coffee producer based in the Bensa region of Ethiopia. He is recognized for his high-elevation coffee production and his transition to becoming an independent exporter.

Benjamin Garcia

Benjamin Garcia operates the 2.14-hectare El Montecino farm in San Ignacio, Chalatenango, El Salvador, at 1,700 meters. Verve documents Pacamara, Pacas, and Bourbon on the farm and features a washed Pacamara release.

Benjamin Paz

Benjamin Paz is a Honduran coffee producer, mill operator, exporter, and advocate associated with Santa Bárbara. He runs the San Vicente mill and farms La Salsa, which he planted in 2018 with Gesha and SL-28. Verve reports that Paz won Honduras Cup of Excellence in 2022 and 2024.

Benjamin Tunubalá

Benjamin Tunubalá is a coffee producer based in Mesopotamia, Inzá, Colombia. He operates La Aragona, a three-hectare farm dedicated to specific varietal projects at an elevation of 1,850 meters.

Biftu Gudina Cooperative

Biftu Gudina Cooperative is a Limu-area producer organization of nearly 300 Ethiopian coffee-growing members. It accepts cherry only from members and combines agricultural training, shared processing, and quality premiums to support consistent specialty production.

Bijao small producers

Bijao is a group of small coffee producers near La Plata in Huila, Colombia. Counter Culture encountered the group while exploring Huila’s offset harvest cycle for fresher Colombian coffee.

Blanca Bolaños

Blanca Bolaños is a coffee producer in San Agustín, Huila, Colombia. Intelligentsia identifies its Colombia El Diviso single-origin release as coffee from Bolaños, who has grown coffee for many years on her El Diviso farm.

Blanca Ligia Riascos

Blanca Ligia Riascos is a coffee producer in Buesaco, Nariño, Colombia. SEY’s March 2026 Cumbre release documents her producing a washed Gesha at 2,100 meters.

Boneya Robe

Boneya Robe is the sole named producer of SEY's 2026 Chorso Bule lot. He tends a small two-hectare garden at extreme elevation in Gedeb, Gedeo, Ethiopia; SEY fully separated his coffee as a single-producer lot for the first time in 2026.

Boris Herrera

Boris Herrera is a specialty-coffee producer at Esmeralda Negra by Cabra Noir in Santuario, Risaralda, Colombia. Klatch Coffee describes his work as combining meticulous farm practice with controlled processing to express rare varieties and local terroir.

Brayan Alvear

Brayan Alvear is a young coffee producer based in Acevedo, Colombia, who has gained recognition for his work with innovative co-fermented coffees. He is noted for his leadership in coordinating projects with local growers in the San Adolfo region while managing his own production.

Brayan Smith

Brayan Smith is a third-generation coffee producer based in Pitalito, Huila. Exact coverage of his Onyx Gesha describes a grower continuing his family’s agricultural work while refining agronomy and introducing expressive cultivars.

Buku Alaka Cooperative

A cooperative representing small-scale coffee farmers around Buku Alaka in Hambela Wamena, Guji. Members grow local Ethiopian landraces and deliver ripe cherry to the Buku washing station.

Buku Farmers Association

The Buku Farmers Association represents smallholder coffee growers in Buku kebele, Hambela Wamena, Guji, Ethiopia. Exact farm and washing-station relationships vary by release and are retained only when the cited roaster identifies the same producer group.

Bumba Hill smallholder farmers

Smallholder farmers on remote Bumba Hill in Kayanza, Burundi, deliver cherries to Ninga washing station, operated by Long Miles Coffee Project. SEY kept the May 5, 2025 harvest separate from other Bumba picking dates.

Buriso Amaje

Buriso Amaje is a coffee producer based in the Dambi village of the Bensa district in the Sidama region of Ethiopia. He manages a 12-hectare farm where he cultivates 74158 and 74160 coffee varieties. Amaje is recognized for his focus on natural processing methods, utilizing careful cherry selection and slow drying at his family home to enhance cup clarity and sweetness. Beyond his own farm, he plays an active role in his community by leading groups of smallholder farmers to improve coffee quality and market access.

Burundi Specialty Seeds (BSS)

A Burundian producer organization in western Kayanza led by Picasso Nduwayo, Zephyrin Banzubaze, and Jeremie Nakimuhana. BSS combines its own leased-land plantings with cherry purchased from nearby smallholders and processes separated hill, community, and day lots at the UMOCO site.

Busambo Hill smallholder farmers

Smallholder farmers on Busambo Hill in Kayanza, Burundi, deliver coffee cherries to the Umoco washing station. SEY’s documented 2025-harvest lot was a field blend grown around 1,900 meters and processed as a washed coffee at Umoco.

Caballero Family

The Caballero family is a prominent group of coffee producers based in Marcala, Honduras, known for their long-standing commitment to specialty coffee quality. The operation is led by Marysabel Caballero and her husband, Moisés Herrera, who manage a collection of farms and mills. They are widely recognized for their focus on environmental responsibility, community support, and consistent production of high-scoring coffees.

Caballero family (Fabio and Sandra Isabel Caballero, Marysabel Caballero, and Moisés)

The Caballero family is a multigenerational coffee-producing family in Marcala, Honduras. Intelligentsia's archived releases document leadership passing from Fabio and Sandra Isabel Caballero to their daughter Marysabel and her husband Moisés Herrera after the 2022 season.

Caballeros

Marysabel Caballero and Moises Herrera are a husband-and-wife team based in Chinacla, La Paz, Honduras, who operate a collection of coffee farms and the Xinacla dry mill. They are widely recognized as some of the most decorated coffee producers in the history of the Honduras Cup of Excellence competition.

Cafenor

Cafenor is a family-run coffee mill located in the Metapan region of northern El Salvador. Led by Alejandro Valiente and his daughters, Monica and Valeria, the company maintains roots in the coffee industry dating back to 1890. The mill operates as a carbon-neutral facility that processes coffee from their own farm, Anarquía, while providing infrastructure, training, and marketing support to over 60 smallholder farmers in the surrounding area.

Cahoots Coffee (Benjamin Jenkin)

Cahoots Coffee is a Ugandan specialty-coffee project founded by Benjamin Jenkin and centered on Mount Elgon. Jenkin coordinates processing and market development while emphasizing that the coffees depend on the region’s smallholder farmers, cherry pickers and station workers.

Calderón Family

The Calderón family are multigenerational coffee producers and micro-mill operators in Santa María de Dota, Tarrazú, Costa Rica. Their network includes El Vendaval, Ortiz 1800, and other family farms. Omar Calderón manages farms while his sisters Yoanna, Diana, and Yoxise operate the Los Angeles micro-mill.

Candelaria Santos

Candelaria Sarango Santos is a coffee producer based in the San Ignacio region of Cajamarca, Peru. She manages the Tres de Mayo farm and is recognized for her deep commitment to coffee quality and production.

Cantillo family

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The Cantillo family produces coffee in southern Huila, Colombia. Stumptown has partnered with the family since 2007, when Isaías Cantillo Ossa's La Esperanza won first place in the Colombia North Cup of Excellence with 91.50 points.

Carlos Damian Rodriguez

Carlos Damian Rodriguez is a coffee producer near El Cedral in Santa Bárbara, Honduras. His 2.3-hectare Bella Vista farm sits at 1,700 meters and grows Pacas and Bourbon.

Carlos Guamanga

Carlos Guamanga is a dedicated coffee producer based in Pitalito, Huila, Colombia, who operates the farm Finca El Recuerdo alongside his wife, Pato. He is recognized for his commitment to sustainable agriculture and his focus on producing high-quality, differentiated coffee lots for the specialty market.

Carlos Luis Ureña Hidalgo

Carlos Luis Ureña Hidalgo is a coffee producer in Santa María de Dota, Costa Rica. He owns Santa Rosa farm, where Batamba is the name of the sector planted with Gesha.

Carlos Saenz

Carlos Saenz is an SL9 coffee producer in Cusco, Peru. SEY’s November 2024 Chirimoyayoc release came from Incahuasi at 1,900 meters; a later release was identified as Machay Pata near Amaybamba. The two named releases are kept distinct rather than treated as one farm.

Carmen Lúcia Chaves de Brito

Carmen Lúcia Chaves de Brito, also known as Ucha, manages the family-owned Fazenda Caxambu and Aracaçu operations in Três Pontas, Sul de Minas, Brazil. She moved from higher education and psychology into coffee leadership after her father's death.

Carmen Montoya

Carmen Montoya is a prominent coffee producer based in Urrao, Antioquia, widely recognized for her role in popularizing the Chiroso variety. She is a community leader who mentors fellow farmers in her region to help them achieve global recognition for their coffee quality.

Carolina Chalapud Daza and Guillermo Torres Daza

Carolina Chalapud Daza and Guillermo Torres Daza are coffee producers based in Buesaco, Nariño, Colombia. They operate the farm Altos de Quitumpamba, where they focus on producing high-elevation specialty coffee.

Cecilia Wanjiku Haniel

Cecilia Wanjiku Haniel manages Faith Estate in Kirinyaga and leads a network connecting 30 neighboring small estates. Intelligentsia documents her role in coordinating selective picking and shared fermentation, washing and drying protocols.

CENAPROC

CENAPROC (Central Asociados de Productores de Café) is a Bolivian cooperative founded in 1992 in the Caranavi area. Current Counter Culture pages variously describe approximately 40 and approximately 50 members, so the profile records a 40–50 member range rather than choosing one figure.

CENFROCAFE

CENFROCAFE, the Central Fronteriza del Norte de Cafetaleros, is a coffee cooperative based in Jaén, northern Peru. The Alto Ihuamaca release was a small community lot from five producers within the cooperative's network.

Charles Gathaiya Murimi

Charles Gathaiya Murimi is the chairman of Kieni Factory, a cooperative wet mill in Nyeri, Kenya. Coffee Collective lists him among its farmer partners and identifies Kieni Cooperative as the producing partner for its current Kieni coffees.

Chorso Bule

Chorso Bule is a coffee production site located in the Gedeb region of Ethiopia. The site is situated at an extreme altitude of 2,450 meters above sea level, which contributes to a slower maturation process for the coffee cherries. The coffee produced here is processed using a washed method that includes a 24-hour dry fermentation followed by a 12-hour wet fermentation. The resulting cup profile is documented to feature notes of peach tea, melon, and jasmine.

Christian

Christian is a producer and miller based in Guatemala who works closely with roasters to select and develop high-quality coffee lots. He is recognized for his role in cupping and evaluating coffees to highlight specific regional profiles.

Cinco de Junio cooperative

Cinco de Junio is a cooperative of roughly 130 smallholder farmers in Nicaragua’s Madriz department. Members focus on organic coffee production and collectively supply Counter Culture’s washed seasonal lot.

Claudia Abril and Max Pérez

Claudia Abril and Max Pérez founded and operate Finca La Hermosa on Acatenango’s volcanic slopes in Guatemala. They began transforming an abandoned parcel without water or electricity in 2010 and now produce quality-focused microlots from traditional and rare varieties, including the farm-separated 2026 washed Pink Bourbon.

Coopedota

Coopedota is a coffee cooperative rooted in Dota and operating across Costa Rica’s Los Santos/Tarrazú coffee region. Its official site says it brings together more than 1,160 producer families. Coopedota states that it became the first company in the coffee sector certified Carbon Neutral in the world in 2011.

Coopedota cooperative

Coopedota is a prominent coffee cooperative based in Santa María de Dota, Costa Rica, dedicated to the economic, environmental, and social development of its members. It serves as a major hub for coffee production in the Los Santos region, supporting hundreds of local farmers with technical assistance and processing infrastructure.

COOPELDOS R.L.

COOPELDOS R.L. is a coffee and multi-service cooperative serving producers in the upper areas of Tilarán, Abangares, and Monteverde, Costa Rica. Its current official site reports more than 350 producers across an approximately 600-hectare cultivation zone.

Cooperativa Agraria Norandino Ltda.

Cooperativa Agraria Norandino Ltda. is a major Peruvian agricultural cooperative that represents thousands of small-scale coffee, cocoa, and panela producers. Based in Piura, the organization supports farmers across the coastal, mountainous, and jungle regions of northern Peru by facilitating access to specialty markets and development resources.

Cooperativa Cafetalera Siguatepeque Limitada (COHORSIL)

COHORSIL is a Honduran coffee cooperative based in Siguatepeque. Red Bird sources its Siguatepeque El Jaguar coffee from cooperative members.

Cooperative Igire Muhinzi wa Kawa (CIMK)

Cooperative Igire Muhinzi wa Kawa, abbreviated CIMK, organizes more than 8,000 farmers participating in a new coffee-growing project in Rwanda's Burera District.

COOPESQUI

COOPESQUI is a Guatemalan smallholder coffee cooperative run by women. Intelligentsia's La Florida release was grown by women members of the organization.

Coopetarrazu and Finca La Candelilla

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CoopeTarrazú is a prominent coffee cooperative based in San Marcos de Tarrazú, Costa Rica, that supports thousands of smallholder farmers. It serves as a major hub for coffee production, processing, and export, focusing on quality, sustainability, and the economic development of the Los Santos region.

Coordinadora de Organizaciones de Desarrollo de Concepción Huista (CODECH)

Coordinadora de Organizaciones de Desarrollo de Concepción Huista (CODECH) is a second-level cooperative in Huehuetenango, Guatemala, comprising 10 member organizations. It coordinates coffee from small producers and provides education, agricultural extension, health, and leadership support.

Counter Culture Coffee and Fritz Coffee Company

Counter Culture Coffee is a specialty coffee roaster based in Durham, North Carolina, that sources coffee from small estates and cooperatives globally. Fritz Coffee Company is a prominent South Korean coffee roaster recognized for its industry standards and seal mascot.

Crispilliano Contreras

Crispilliano Contreras is a Panamanian coffee producer whose high-elevation Gesha garden lies in the Trompo area of Boquete, inside Barú Volcano National Park. The exact 2025 Lot #181 was grown at 2,000 meters and processed in collaboration with Lost Origin Coffee Lab.

Cultivar

Cultivar is a Peru-based coffee organization that functions as an exporter and importer, collaborating with small-scale coffee growers to facilitate partnerships with roasters globally. Founded by Lisanne and Theadros, the team operates warehouses in coffee regions to support producers in quality production and commercialization.

Daniel Caro Lopez

Daniel Caro Lopez is a coffee producer based in Güíntar, Anzá, in the Antioquia region of Colombia. He manages Finca El Tambo, a 33-hectare property situated at an elevation of 2,200 meters above sea level, where 5 hectares are dedicated to coffee cultivation. His work focuses primarily on the Chiroso variety, an Ethiopian landrace, alongside a small garden of Gesha. He collaborates with export partners to develop specific lots of Chiroso known for their distinct cup quality.

Daterra Farms

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Daterra Farms is a prominent Brazilian coffee producer and exporter recognized for its focus on specialty coffee, sustainability, and innovative research. The farm operates as a large-scale laboratory, utilizing technology and experimental processing to produce unique nano and micro-lots known as 'Masterpieces'.

David Berrio

David Berrio is a second-generation producer in Urrao, Antioquia, Colombia. He manages the remote 1.5-hectare La Casita farm at 2,100 meters with his family.

David Muñoz

David Muñoz is a coffee farmer in El Cielito on Honduras’s Santa Bárbara mountains. His Nueva Esperanza farm overlooks Lake Yojoa, and the current Sightglass release is a washed Pacas grown across 1,550–1,600 meters.

Daye Bensa

Daye Bensa is a prominent Ethiopian coffee producer and exporter founded by brothers Asefa and Mulugeta Dukamo. The company works with hundreds of smallholder farmers in the Sidama Bensa region to cultivate and process high-quality specialty coffee. They are recognized as one of Ethiopia's top coffee exporters, supplying coffee to over 25 countries.

Degefu Mulugeta

Mulugeta Muntasha is an Ethiopian coffee producer based in the Bursa village of Arbegona, Sidama. He is recognized for bringing coffee production and processing knowledge to his home region, which had not previously focused on coffee cultivation.

Deison Rodriguez

Deison Rodriguez is a coffee producer from San Agustín, Huila, Colombia. SEY began purchasing his coffee in 2024 through exporting partners working in the region; that first release was a washed Pink Bourbon from Filadelfia.

Denilson Madrid

Denilson Madrid is a specialty coffee producer who stewards La Peña in Santa Bárbara, Honduras.

Diana Alviz

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Diana Alviz is a coffee producer based in Gaitania, Tolima, Colombia. She manages the farm Los Guayabos, where she focuses on the cultivation of the Pink Bourbon coffee variety. Her work involves meticulous harvesting and processing techniques to ensure high-quality specialty coffee production.

Diana Arboleda Tabares

Diana Arboleda Tabares is a coffee producer based in San Carlos, Urrao, Colombia. She manages the farm La Esperanza, which is situated at an altitude of 1,800 meters above sea level.

Dias Pereira family

The Dias Pereira family are prominent coffee producers based in Carmo de Minas, Brazil, known for their long-standing commitment to high-quality coffee production. They manage multiple estates, including Fazenda Sertão and Fazenda IP, under the umbrella of the Sertão Group.

Dida Hora smallholder producers

Approximately 350 small-scale producers deliver coffee to Dida Hora Washing Station in Uraga, Guji, Oromia. Their farms average about 2.8 hectares and sit between 2,000 and 2,400 meters, where volcanic soils, reliable rainfall, and high elevations support primarily Kurume coffee.

Diego Baraona

Diego Baraona is a fifth-generation coffee producer and the owner of the Los Pirineos farm in the Usulután department of El Salvador. He is recognized for his commitment to maintaining the farm's long-standing legacy while actively engaging in modern processing techniques and specialty coffee production.

Diego Bermudez

Diego Bermudez is a Colombian coffee producer and the founder of Finca El Paraiso, widely recognized for his scientific approach to coffee processing. He is considered a pioneer in the use of controlled fermentation and biocatalysis to create intense, distinct flavor profiles that challenge traditional expectations of coffee. His work is often described as operating more like a laboratory than a conventional farm.

Diego Horta

Diego Horta is a Colombian coffee producer based in the Huila region who has gained recognition for his focus on quality and experimental processing. He is a multi-faceted coffee professional who also works as a taster and barista.

Diego Parra

Diego Parra is a coffee producer based in Pitalito, Huila, Colombia, who operates a 14-hectare farm named La Hacienda. He works alongside his sister, Yessica Parra, as part of their collaborative project, Diwan Coffee, focusing on high-quality specialty coffee production.

Diego Robelo

Diego Robelo is the general manager of Aquiares Estate and the producer named by Sightglass for its Aquiares Estate Red Honey release.

Digna Nuñez

Digna Nuñez is a schoolteacher in Renacimiento, near Volcán, Panama, who manages a small family coffee farm and grows Gesha. SEY's 2026 release was her second year selling cherry to Lost Origin for laboratory processing.

Dimtu Coffee Industry and Shakiso smallholders

For Verve’s archived Ethiopia Shakiso Natural release, Dimtu Coffee Industry’s Shakiso washing station purchased cherries from 798 certified-organic farmers. The natural-process lot was grown at 1,800–2,200 meters in Guji.

Dinkalem Ademe

Dinkalem Ademe is a coffee producer and washing station owner based in the Keffa zone of Western Ethiopia. He manages a 400-hectare farm and works with approximately 2,500 smallholder farmers in the surrounding area to source coffee.

Dobenawicho Primary Cooperative

Dobenawicho Primary Cooperative organizes approximately 1,530 smallholder farmers in the Aleta Wondo district of Sidama, Ethiopia. Member farms average less than one hectare and grow regional landraces and local heirloom cultivars.

Doña Rovira

Doña Rovira is a coffee producer based in San Agustín, Huila, Colombia. She operates the farm La Pelota and has gained recognition for the quality of her coffee, particularly her Pink Bourbon lots.

Douro family

Estevão Douro and his sons Denizar and Thiago produce coffee near Marechal Floriano in Espírito Santo, Brazil.

Dr. Enrique Ferrufino

Dr. Enrique Ferrufino is a surgeon by trade who transitioned into coffee production alongside his wife, Silvia, a pediatrician. Born and raised on a coffee farm in the mountains of Matagalpa, he and his family have operated Finca Aurora since 2004 with a focus on quality, sustainability, and community development.

Duber Mejia

Duber Mejia is a coffee producer based in Urrao, Antioquia, Colombia. He is recognized for his work at Finca El Diamante, where he produces high-quality lots that have gained attention from specialty roasters.

Duromina Cooperative

The Duromina Cooperative is a prominent coffee producer group based in the Jimma Zone of western Ethiopia, near the town of Agaro. The name 'Duromina' translates to 'improve their lives' in the Afan Oromo language, reflecting the cooperative's mission to elevate the quality of life for its members through high-quality coffee production.

Duromina Cooperative members

Duromina is a member-owned producer cooperative from Boto near Agaro in Ethiopia's Jimma Zone. It began with 113 residents in 2010; Verve's archived release reports that membership later exceeded 130 farmers. Other sources publish different later counts, so this profile dates and attributes the figures.

Dwight Aguilar Masias

Dwight Aguilar Masias is a third-generation producer at Finca Nueva Alianza in Santa Teresa, La Convención, Cusco. He is Peru's first two-time Cup of Excellence winner and continues to produce highly placed washed lots from the farm.

Echavarría Family

The Echavarría family produces coffee at Santa Bárbara Estate in Antioquia, Colombia. Finca Lomaverde, the largest and highest of the estate's five farms, supplies the 100% Chiroso coffee used in Partners Coffee's 2026 Block Party release.

Edgardo Cruz Meza

Edgardo Cruz Meza is a coffee producer based in Peru. His coffee has been featured by specialty roasters such as Sey Coffee.

Edgardo Reyes

Edgardo Reyes is a coffee producer based in Santa Barbara, Honduras, known for delivering high-quality coffee with pronounced clarity and acidity. He has maintained a long-standing partnership with Onyx Coffee Lab since 2019.

Edgardo Tinoco

Edgardo Tinoco is a specialty coffee producer whose farms lie on the southern slopes of the Santa Bárbara Mountain Nature Reserve in Honduras. His work spans named farms including La Leona, Pino de Oro, and El Portillo.

Edid Medina

Edid Medina is a dedicated coffee producer based in the Amaybamba region of Cusco, Peru. She is recognized as a leader within the San Fernando Cooperative, where her role provides her with a deep understanding of both coffee production and market dynamics.

Edin Baide

Edin Baide is a coffee producer in Santa Bárbara, Honduras. Verve identifies him as Maria Baide’s brother and names his washed Parainema lot as one of two components in both its archived Baide and Maria Baide releases.

Edin Baide and Nelson Baide

Edin Baide and Nelson Baide are Santa Bárbara, Honduras producers whose separately grown washed Parainema lots were combined for Verve’s archived Baide release.

Edin Geovany Lopez

Edin Geovany Lopez is a coffee producer in El Cedral on Honduras's Santa Bárbara Mountain. Partners documents two plots: a one-hectare main farm beginning around 1,400 m and a smaller variety garden at 1,600 m. He grows Bourbon, Pacas, SL28, and Gesha; the exact Gesha release comes from the higher variety garden.

Edineia Pires Sartori Fioresi

Edineia Pires Sartori Fioresi and her husband Valentim manage Recanto Feliz in Bateia, Espírito Santo. The 12-hectare family farm has four hectares of coffee, and the couple works without outside labor, handling the harvest and processing themselves.

Edinson Argote

Edinson Argote is a dedicated specialty coffee producer based in Huila, Colombia, known for his focus on innovative processing methods and rare coffee varieties. After overcoming significant personal hardships in his youth, he established his own farm, La Quebradita, which has become a hub for experimentation and high-quality coffee production.

Eduar Moriones Garcia

Eduar Moriones Garcia is a coffee producer based in the Huila region of Colombia. He operates Finca Brisa, located in El Recreó, El Pital, where he focuses on producing high-quality specialty coffee.

Eduardo Quispe

Eduardo Quispe is a coffee producer at Corral Pampa in Cusco, Peru. SEY documented an SL9 lot from Amaybamba at 2,100 meters for the November 2024 harvest and a later lot from Inkawasi at 2,130 meters for the December 2025 harvest.

Edward Sandoval

Edward Sandoval is a specialty coffee producer based in Santa Isabel, Tolima, Colombia, who operates the farm Finca Canta Ranas. He is recognized for his deep technical expertise, having transitioned from a career in coffee quality control and agricultural advising to full-time production. He is noted for cultivating a diverse range of exotic coffee varieties on his farm.

Edwin, Benson, and Esther

Edwin and Benson Mati, along with their mother Esther Wanjiku Kamau, are the owners and managers of the Guchienda Estate in Embu, Kenya. They are recognized for their commitment to producing high-quality, traceable single-estate Kenyan coffee.

Efraín “Macho” and Kevin Naranja

Efraín “Macho” Naranja and his son Kevin produce coffee at Finca La Obediencia in Santa Rosa de León Cortés, Tarrazú. The family manages selective picking, honey processing, and drying. Verve's current Santa Rosa 1900 Espresso is a Yellow Honey Catuaí lot from 1,900 to 2,000 meters.

Efraín “Macho” Naranja

Efraín “Macho” Naranja is a Costa Rican producer based at Finca Macho in Santa Rosa de León Cortés. He has worked in coffee for more than four decades and operates the family micro-mill Santa Rosa 1900.

Efrén Armando Rodríguez Badilla

Efrén Armando Rodríguez Badilla is a coffee producer based in the El Congo district, located in the high-altitude hills above Santa María de Dota, Costa Rica. He is recognized for cultivating high-quality specialty coffee, including exotic varieties like Geisha.

Eight neighboring farmers

Coopedota is a prominent coffee cooperative based in Santa María de Dota, Costa Rica, representing a community of over 800 active members. The organization is widely recognized for its commitment to high-quality specialty coffee production and environmental sustainability in the Los Santos region.

Eladio Chamba

Eladio Chamba produces coffee at Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, his family's three-hectare farm in Nambacola, Loja, Ecuador. The farm combines coffee, food crops and shade trees on land previously used for pig farming.

Elfe Gata

Elfe Gata grows coffee on four hectares in Hamasho Borena, Sidama, and supplies cherries to Daye Bensa's Hamasho station. Daye Bensa reported that her coffee planting was five years old and that she had participated as a member farmer for two years at the time of its profile.

Elias Roa & Bellanid Sanchez

Elias Roa and Bellanid Sanchez are prominent coffee producers based in El Pital, Huila, Colombia, who manage the 57-hectare Finca Tamana. They are widely recognized for their commitment to high-quality coffee production and for prioritizing the welfare and training of their farm employees.

Elmer Sarmiento

Elmer Sarmiento produces coffee at Finca Nuevo Horizonte, a roughly two-hectare farm at 2,000 meters in Buenos Aires, Santa María, Huila. Pink Bourbon is the farm's principal documented variety for Partners Coffee's 2026 lot.

Emilio “Milo” and Laura Gamboa

Emilio “Milo” Gamboa and Laura Gamboa manage the Montes de Oro farm and micro-mill operation and coffee from the family’s four farms in Tarrazú, including Finca El Yasal.

Enrique López

Enrique López Aguilar is the producer behind Finca Chelín in Candelaria Loxicha, Sierra Sur, Oaxaca. Intelligentsia documents his restoration of the historic farm, retention of shade trees, cultivation of Geisha and extensive experimentation with post-harvest processing.

Enuar Rodrigo Ramos

Enuar Rodrigo Ramos is a coffee producer in a northern pocket of Nariño, Colombia. He owns the two-hectare Peña Blanca farm and cultivates the Colombia variety.

Ericson Luque

Ericson Luque is a young, second-generation coffee producer in Amaybamba, Cusco, Peru, and the son of producer Lucio Luque. SEY’s 2025 release documents his one-hectare Nueva Esperanza garden at 2,000 meters above sea level, planted with the locally named SL9 variety.

Ernedis Rodriguez

Ernedis Rodríguez produces coffee at his Finca El Paraíso in Gigante, Huila, Colombia. His farm is distinct from the same-name Cauca estate associated with Diego Bermudez.

Ernesto Menéndez

Ernesto Menéndez is a prominent third-generation coffee producer based in El Salvador, recognized for his high-quality output at Finca Las Brumas. He is a highly decorated figure in the specialty coffee industry, known for his consistent success in international competitions and his commitment to meticulous farm management.

Erwin “Wingo” Jr Mierisch

Erwin “Wingo” Mierisch is a fifth-generation producer with Fincas Mierisch in Nicaragua. The family’s official team page says he works in quality control and client relations and has contributed to post-harvest processing, roasting, cupping, green-coffee sales, and quality-control protocols.

Esayas Beriso

Esayas Beriso is a coffee producer in Buku Sayisa, Hambela Wamena, Guji. SEY’s 2025 release is a washed Ethiopian landrace selection from his family operation at 2,350 m.

Estela Pitti

Estela Pitti is a Panamanian coffee producer based in the Cerro Punta region of Chiriquí. She operates Finca Los Cenizos, a high-altitude farm known for producing award-winning Geisha coffee that is sought after by international specialty roasters.

Esther Wanjiku Kamau, Edwin Mati, and Benson Mati

Esther Wanjiku Kamau and her sons, Edwin and Benson Mati, manage Guchienda Estate in Embu, Kenya. They represent the farm's third generation and have expanded production, raised quality standards and built direct buyer relationships.

Eudis Orosco

Eudis Orosco is a coffee producer near Amaybamba in Peru’s Incahuasi Valley. He manages Finca Villa Vista and contributes variety-separated coffees including Gesha and the locally documented SL9 working identity.

Eugene Altieri

Eugene Altieri is the founder of Altieri Specialty Coffee, a family-owned Boquete producer operating Mima Estate and Pipim Estate. The properties grow Geisha, Typica, Catuai and Caturra on the eastern slope of Volcán Barú; Eugene's children now help lead the business.

Eugene P. Altieri

Eugene P. Altieri is an Italian-American entrepreneur who founded Altieri Specialty Coffee in Boquete, Panama. He transitioned from a business background to coffee production, eventually establishing a family-run operation that has gained international recognition for its high-altitude specialty beans.

Eyasu Worasa

Eyasu Worasa is an Ethiopian coffee producer and wet mill owner who operates the Guduba washing station in the village of Benti Nenka, Guji. He also manages the Banko Dadatu processing station in the Gedeo zone. His work involves coordinating with hundreds of local smallholder farmers who deliver coffee cherries to his facilities for processing. These stations are documented for their high-altitude operations and the production of specialty-grade natural and washed Ethiopian coffees.

Fabian Munoz

Fabian Muñoz is a coffee producer in Bruselas, Huila, Colombia. SEY introduced him as a new participant in its southern Huila quality-focused purchasing project through José and the Osito team.

Fabio and Sandra Isabel Caballero, Marysabel Caballero, and Moisés Herrera

Marysabel Caballero and Moisés Herrera are highly respected coffee producers based in Chinacla, La Paz, Honduras. Marysabel is a third-generation coffee farmer who manages the farm operations and personnel, while Moisés, an engineer by background, oversees the processing mill and technical innovations. Together, they operate a collection of farms, including the renowned Finca El Puente, and are recognized for their commitment to quality, community, and environmental responsibility.

Faiber Rodriguez

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Faiber Rodriguez is a coffee producer based in the Santa Maria region of Huila, Colombia. He operates Finca Guatemala, where he cultivates Pink Bourbon coffee at an altitude of 2,000 meters above sea level. His farm is located in an area that was historically affected by paramilitary activity but has seen a resurgence in coffee production as regional safety has improved. The coffee cherries produced at his farm are processed using a washed method and dried on raised beds until reaching a moisture content of 10 to 11 percent.

Faustino Flores

Faustino Flores is a coffee producer based in San Ignacio, Cajamarca, Peru, who operates the farm Finca La Mandarina. He is recognized as a patriarch of the Flores family and a key figure within the El Morito coffee organization, known for his decades of experience in coffee cultivation.

Faysel Abdosh

Faysel Abdosh is a prominent Ethiopian coffee producer and the founder of Testi Specialty Coffee. He is a leading figure in the country's specialty coffee movement, dedicated to connecting local farmers with global markets through a focus on quality, traceability, and sustainability.

Félix Aguilar and family

Félix Aguilar and his family operate Finca Bernardina in Santa Clara, Renacimiento, Chiriquí, in the buffer zone of La Amistad International Park. The Specialty Coffee Association of Panama lists 18 hectares, including virgin and secondary forest, at 1,400–1,580 meters.

Felix Morocho

Felix Morocho is a coffee producer in Saraguro, Ecuador, and a newer participant in SEY’s Ecuador sourcing project. SEY purchased two very small Mejorado separations from him in 2026; the second harvest pass was picked in June at 1,900 meters.

Fernando Lima

Fernando Lima owns and operates Finca Santa Elena on the slopes of the Santa Ana volcano in El Salvador. After the October 1, 2005 eruption devastated the farm, he rebuilt around Bourbon and Pacamara, shade diversity, more efficient wet milling, and slower raised-bed drying.

Fernando Lima; Marysabel Caballero and Moisés Herrera; Salazar family

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Marysabel Caballero and Moisés Herrera are a husband-and-wife team based in Chinacla, La Paz, Honduras, widely recognized for their high-quality coffee production at Finca El Puente. Marysabel manages the farming operations, while Moisés oversees the mill and business logistics, with both focusing heavily on social and environmental sustainability.

Flor Marina Betancourt

Flor Marina Betancourt is a second-generation coffee producer based in Palestina, Huila, Colombia. She manages her own farm, Finca Cataluña, alongside her husband and two sons.

Florcita, José, and Pepe Jijón

Florcita, José, and Pepe Jijón are the family producers behind Finca Soledad in Imbabura’s Intag Valley. They manage a four-hectare coffee parcel inside a 120-hectare cloud-forest property using organic and biodynamic practices.

Florence & Jessica Marigi

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Florence Mukuhi Marigi and her daughter Jessica Marigi are the managers of Malaki Estate, a coffee farm located in the Kiambu region of Kenya. They are recognized for their commitment to cultivating traditional Kenyan coffee varieties at high elevations.

Florence and Jessica Marigi

Florence and Jessica Marigi are a mother and daughter team who manage Malaki Estate, a coffee farm located in Githunguri, Kiambu County, Kenya. Situated at an elevation of 1,900 meters on the western slopes of the Aberdare Range, the farm is noted for its commitment to cultivating traditional Kenyan coffee varieties rather than modern hybrids. Their production process involves hand-picking cherries, same-day de-pulping, and dry fermentation for 36 to 48 hours before drying on raised beds. The estate also produces macadamia and avocados alongside their coffee crops.

Four farms in the El Batan community

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Four unnamed farms in the El Batan community in Loja, Ecuador, contributed to Counter Culture’s 2024 subscriber release. The exact source does not identify the farms or growers individually.

Franci Marin Morales

Franci Marin Morales is a Colombian coffee producer who manages the two-hectare La Montañita farm and grows Pink Bourbon.

Francisca and Oscar Chacon

Francisca and Oscar Chacon are third-generation coffee producers who own and operate the Las Lajas Micromill in the Sabanilla de Alajuela region of Costa Rica. They are widely recognized as pioneers in the development of honey and natural processing techniques in Central America. The couple is also noted for their commitment to organic farming practices, having transitioned their estate to fully organic production.

Francisco Isidro Dias Pereira

Francisco Isidro Dias Pereira, known as Chico, is the producer currently identified with Fazenda Sertão in Carmo de Minas, Minas Gerais. Partners Coffee names Francisco as the producer of its natural Yellow Bourbon release from the estate.

Francisco Mena

Francisco Mena is the producer at Sumava de Lourdes in Costa Rica’s West Valley and a co-founder of the exporter Exclusive Coffees. Verve describes him as a long-standing Farmlevel partner whose farming, processing, and quality-control work supports recurring Costa Rican releases.

Francy Burbano

Francy Burbano produces coffee at Buena Vista, a high-elevation farm in a vereda of San Agustín, Huila. Her documented August 2025 SEY lot was a washed Pink Bourbon grown at 1,800 meters.

Francy Elena Rivera Quiñonez

Francy Elena Rivera Quiñonez is a coffee producer in central Cauca, Colombia. After helping her husband on their coffee farm for 13 years, she acquired her own one-hectare plot, San Miguel, in 2017 and restored it for independent production.

Fray David Moreno Montoya

Fray David Moreno Montoya produces Chiroso at Finca El Rosal in La Despensa, Urrao, Antioquia. Partners Coffee places the farm at 1,900 meters near the Pavón and Penderisco rivers.

Fredy Perez

Fredy Perez is a coffee producer near Caona in San Andrés, Lempira, Honduras. He learned coffee farming with his father, bought his own parcel in 2008 and now farms with his wife, Glenis. Onyx describes him as an important local connector in its San Andrés sourcing work.

FRINJ Coffee

FRINJ Coffee is a pioneering seed-to-cup company based in California that specializes in producing terroir-driven, high-quality coffee. Founded by farmer and agronomist Jay Ruskey, the company manages an integrated supply chain that supports a network of Southern California coffee farms.

Furaha Umwizeye (Kivubelt Coffee)

Furaha Umwizeye is the founder of Kivubelt Coffee, a vertically integrated coffee operation based in the Nyamasheke district of Rwanda. She works to empower local smallholder farmers by providing resources and facilitating quality separation through her washing stations.

Gabriel Castaño Buendía

Gabriel Castaño Buendía was a prominent coffee producer based in Acevedo, Huila, Colombia, widely recognized as the 'godfather' of the Pink Bourbon variety. He was instrumental in popularizing this variety in southern Colombia, having shared his knowledge and plant material with numerous peers throughout the region.

Gachatha Farmers Cooperative Society

Gachatha Farmers Cooperative Society is a worker-owned coffee cooperative based in Nyeri County, Kenya, on the slopes of the Aberdare Mountain Range. The society operates the Gachatha washing station, which processes coffee delivered by over 1,500 smallholder farmer members.

Gaharo Hill smallholder farmers

Smallholder farmers on Gaharo Hill in Muramvya, Burundi, deliver ripe coffee cherries to Bukeye washing station, the first station built by Long Miles Coffee Project. The documented SEY lot combines coffee grown between 1,700 and 2,100 meters.

Gakundu Farmers Cooperative Society

A member-owned coffee cooperative in Embu County whose smallholder members grow coffee processed through its factories, including Kamviu.

Gallardo family

The Gallardo family farms coffee in Chiriquí, Panama. José Manuel Gallardo Araúz owns five small farms, including Finca Nuguo, while his son José manages Nuguo.

Gatagua Farmers' Cooperative Society

Gatagua Farmers' Cooperative Society is a coffee producer organization based in the Murang'a region of Central Kenya. It serves as a collective for over 845 smallholder farmers who deliver their coffee cherries to the Gatagua Factory for processing.

Gathaithi Farmers’ Cooperative Society

Gathaithi Farmers’ Cooperative Society is a prominent coffee producer based in the Nyeri County of Kenya. The society operates the Gathaithi Coffee Factory, which serves over 1,600 smallholder members who cultivate coffee on the slopes between Mt. Kenya and the Aberdare ranges.

Gathiruini Factory (Othaya Farmers Cooperative Society)

Gathiruini Factory is a coffee processing facility located in Githunguri, Kiambu County, Kenya. It operates as part of the Komothai Farmers Cooperative Society and serves approximately 700 smallholder members who cultivate coffee on small plots of land.

Genezard Perez

Genezard Perez is a coffee producer based in the Amaybamba area of the San Fernando Valley in Peru. He operates the Vista Alegre farm, which is noted for its high altitude and proximity to a nature reserve.

Georgina Puma

Georgina Puma is a coffee producer based in the Santa Ana region of Cusco, Peru. She manages the Monte Verde farm, where she cultivates high-quality coffee at an altitude of 2,030 meters above sea level.

Gerald Njagi

Gerald Njagi is a third-generation coffee producer based in Kirinyaga County, Kenya, who manages the Kambarare Estate. He is recognized for his focus on producing clean, high-quality microlots and has gained significant attention from specialty roasters for his meticulous processing methods.

German Antonio Mejia

German Antonio Mejia is a coffee producer in Lempira, Honduras. Intelligentsia identifies him as the grower of Honduras La Pila on his farm La Pila, working through its long-time Direct Trade partners at Bon Café.

Germán Cubas Perez

Germán Cubas Perez is a coffee producer based in Nueva Granja, Querocoto, in the Cajamarca region of Peru. He operates the farm Los Alisos, where he cultivates coffee under native shade trees.

Gerson Mora

Gerson Mora is a Colombian producer at Finca Villa Pastora in Sinaí, Palestina, Huila. Verve says he has spent more than 25 years developing the 8-hectare farm around quality, sustainability, and long-term stewardship.

Getachew Zeleke

Getachew Zeleke is the producer behind Tero Farm in Shakisso, Ethiopia. SEY first purchased his coffee for this 2025 release.

Gikanda Farmers Cooperative Society

Gikanda Farmers Cooperative Society operates cooperative processing in Nyeri, including Gichathaini factory. Verve reports around 800 contributors for its archived Gichathaini release, while later sources report larger membership totals for the wider cooperative.

Gilber Huayllas Huaman

Gilber Huayllas Huaman is a coffee producer in the Amaybamba Valley of Cusco, Peru. He grows SL-09 at the high-elevation Llaqta Pata farm on the slopes of Apu Choqesafra.

Gilbert Gatali

Gilbert Gatali owns Intango washing station in Karongi District, Rwanda. Counter Culture identifies him as the owner and traces his earlier work with a farmer-owned exporter connected to the PEARL initiative. Gervais is documented by a trade partner as a station collaborator, not as the named producer of this exact release.

Gilbert Gatali

Gilbert Gatali is a prominent figure in the Rwandan specialty coffee sector and the owner of the Intango washing station. He is a seasoned industry professional who currently serves as the Executive Director of the African Fine Coffees Association (AFCA). His work focuses on sustainability, market access, and enhancing the value chain for smallholder farmers.

Gildardo & Yolanda Lopez

Gildardo and Yolanda Lopez are coffee producers based in the El Carmen area of Paicol, Huila, Colombia. They operate the farm El Calamar, located on the western edge of Huila near the border with Cauca, where they produce high-quality specialty coffee.

Gildardo Lopez

Gildardo López Hoyos is a prominent coffee producer based in the Huila region of Colombia. He operates Finca El Calamar, where he is recognized for producing high-quality, sought-after specialty coffee.

Gildardo Pérez

Gildardo Pérez is a coffee producer in La Libertad, Huehuetenango, Guatemala, and a member of Cooperativa Esquipulas. Intelligentsia says it has worked with him since 2020, when he attended its Extraordinary Coffee Workshop for small-scale family farmers.

Gititu Farmers Cooperative Society

Gititu Farmers Cooperative Society is a farmer organization in Kiambu, Kenya. Intelligentsia describes it as serving more than 5,000 members through eight washing stations.

Gitwe Farmer Co-operative Society

Gitwe Farmer Co-operative Society is the cooperative affiliated with Karatu Coffee Factory in Kiambu, Kenya. Directly relevant trade documentation identifies Karatu as the wet mill serving smallholders from Karatu, Gitwe, Kibiru, and Kigaa villages.

Givette Perez and Ernesto Perez

Ernesto Perez and his sister, Givette Perez Orea, are third-generation coffee producers who manage Finca Fatima in Coatepec, Veracruz, Mexico. They are dedicated to cultivating premium-quality coffee and are also active as coffee roasters.

Gogogu smallholding producers

Various smallholding producers in the remote Gogogu community of Dida Haro Hada Raro kebele, Uraga, Guji, supplied Verve’s archived Ethiopia Gogogu lot.

Gold Mountain Coffee Growers

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Gold Mountain Coffee Growers is a Nicaraguan farming group and social enterprise founded by Ben Weiner that focuses on high-quality specialty coffee production. The organization operates its own flagship demonstration farm, Finca Idealista, while connecting a network of member farms directly with roasters to improve producer livelihoods and coffee quality.

Gora Kone smallholder community

A community of roughly 700–1,000 small-scale producers in Nensebo, West Arsi, Oromia, who deliver coffee to Gora Kone Washing Station. Farms average under four hectares and are generally too small to operate their own washed-processing equipment.

Goro Muda Oromo Smallholders

Goro Muda is a coffee-growing sub-area located within the Harsu Haro Muda kebele of the Uraga district in the Guji zone of Ethiopia. The coffee is cultivated by hundreds of local Oromo smallholder farmers who typically manage small plots of one to two hectares. These producers utilize traditional intercropping techniques, planting coffee alongside crops like maize and false banana to provide natural shade. The region is characterized by high altitudes ranging from 2,050 to 2,300 meters above sea level, which contributes to the production of dense, high-quality coffee cherries.

Great Rift Coffee

Great Rift Coffee is a family-run producer and processor in Nandi Hills, Kenya. Dark Woods documents the exact anaerobic-natural release as a partnership lot sourced from several nearby smallholders rather than solely from Great Rift's own farm.

Greenco

Greenco operates Yandaro Washing Station in Kayanza, Burundi, buying and processing cherry from the surrounding smallholder community.

Group of smallholder farmers

Wote Konga is a coffee-producing area located within the Yirgacheffe region of Ethiopia's Gedeo Zone. The coffee produced here is the result of the collective efforts of hundreds of smallholder farmers who cultivate coffee in small garden plots.

Grupo Puhuac

Grupo Puhuac is a group of small-scale coffee producers around Zapotitlán de Méndez in Puebla, Mexico. The farmers contributing to Sierra Mágica are primarily Totonaca and maintain traditional language, customs and attire.

Guiliar Pérez Cuéllar

Guiliar Pérez Cuéllar is a coffee producer based in the Santa Maria region of Huila, Colombia. He has dedicated most of his life to working on coffee farms.

Gurdián Family

The Gurdián family owns and operates Hacienda Miramonte in Costa Rica's Naranjo area. Red Bird identifies the family and estate as the source of Willow Costa Rica.

Habtamu Fikadu

Habtamu Fikadu, often associated with the entity Kuri Mountain Coffee, is a prominent coffee producer and exporter based in Ethiopia. He operates through a network that includes his own farm and partnerships with hundreds of smallholder farmers across various regions, including Yirgacheffe, Jimma, and Guji.

Hacienda La Esmeralda

Hacienda La Esmeralda is a world-renowned, family-run coffee estate located in the highlands of Boquete, Panama. They are widely credited with reintroducing the Geisha variety to the global specialty coffee market in 2004, establishing a new standard for aromatic and flavor complexity.

Hacienda La Minita

Hacienda La Minita is a coffee estate in Los Santos, Costa Rica, and the foundation of the La Minita company. On Red Bird Coffee’s La Magnolia page, Hacienda La Minita is identified as the sourcing and milling partner; that does not establish that La Magnolia was grown on the Hacienda La Minita estate.

Hafi station smallholder farmers

Approximately 2,000 smallholder farmers deliver ripe coffee cherry to the Hafi processing station in Muyinga Province. The collective identity is used because the roaster documents the station community rather than naming a single farm owner or producer.

Halo Hartume

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Halo Hartume is a prominent washing station located in the Gedeb district of Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia. It is operated by the father-son duo Worasa and Daniel Mijane, who manage the processing of coffee delivered by hundreds of local smallholder farmers.

Hamasho / Songo contributing producers

The producers behind SEY Coffee's 2025 Hamasho Songo Lot #154 are unnamed contributors farming around Songo in Bensa, Sidama, Ethiopia. SEY credits their work and identifies Elto as the exporting partner.

Hamdan and Hendra Maulizar

Hamdan and Hendra Maulizar are a father-son duo based in the Pegasing region of Aceh, Indonesia, who operate the Pegasing Washing Station. They are recognized for their focus on experimental processing techniques and their work with over 70 local smallholder farmers to produce specialty-grade coffee.

Harmufo-area smallholders

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Harmufo-area smallholders are coffee farmers located in the Gedeb region of Ethiopia, operating at high elevations between 2,100 and 2,400 meters. These producers cultivate coffee in a region known for its significant biodiversity and high-altitude growing conditions.

Hassan Assalol

Hassan Assalol is a coffee producer in Eastern Haraz, Yemen. Counter Culture has purchased his coffee since 2018 through Yemen-based export partner Mokha Story.

Heakyung Kang Burneskis

Heakyung Kang Burneskis is the Korean American owner and operator of Hacienda Don Julian in Boquete, Panama. She co-founded the farm with her husband, Dr. Richard D. Burneskis, and has continued leading it since his death in 2004.

Hector Hernandez

Hector Hernandez manages Finca La Cumbre in Teruel, Huila, Colombia. The documented 7.5-hectare farm sits at 1,850 meters and produces Colombia, Castillo, and Gesha varieties. For the cited October 2024 Gesha lot, SEY documents an overnight cherry hold, 48-hour dry fermentation, and staged mechanical drying.

Héctor Londoño

Héctor Londoño is a coffee producer based in the Urrao region of Antioquia, Colombia. He operates the farm Santa Catalina, where he focuses on the cultivation of the Chiroso variety.

Hélcio Carneiro Pinto

Hélcio Carneiro Pinto manages Fazenda Santa Lúcia in Carmo de Minas, Minas Gerais. He began producing coffee at age 15 on his mother's farm and assumed responsibility for Santa Lúcia in 1976.

Henry Urquia

Henry Urquia is a coffee producer in the Marcala community of La Paz, Honduras, and the owner of Finca Caviflor. Partners Coffee selected his natural-process coffee as the fruit-forward component of its 2025 Miracle on North 6th Street blend.

Hermel Lasso

Hermel Lasso is a coffee producer based in Buesaco, Nariño, Colombia. His farm, La Lomita, is recognized for producing high-elevation coffee that is featured by specialty roasters.

Hermilda Zapata

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Hermilda Zapata Vargas is a lifelong coffee producer who manages Finca El Rosal, located in Vereda Pavón, Urrao, Antioquia, Colombia. She oversees a farm spanning 11 hectares, with 3 hectares dedicated to coffee production at an elevation of 1,900 meters above sea level.

Higinio and Aura Gómez

Higinio and Aura Gómez are the founders and producers of Finca Las Moritas in San Antonio La Paz, El Progreso, Guatemala. They established the farm in 1988; it now spans 70 hectares, 56 planted with coffee, at elevations reaching 1,800 meters.

Hinga Kawa Cooperative

Hinga Kawa is an association based in northern Rwanda that operates under the umbrella of the Abakundakawa Rushashi cooperative. The organization is dedicated to empowering women in the coffee sector and maintaining high standards of quality production.

Hingakawa group

The Hingakawa group is a 740-member women's association within the Abakundakawa Cooperative in Rushashi, Gakenke, Rwanda. Sightglass identifies the group as the exclusive producer community for its 2026 Abakundakawa Bourbon lot.

Hirut and Mahder Berhanu

Sisters Hirut and Mahder Berhanu own and operate Dumerso Washing Station in Yirgacheffe. Sucafina reports that they acquired the site in 2010 and reopened it in 2013. Grace Farms presents its current Ethiopia coffee through this sister-led operation and says it works with more than 250 farmers while supporting hundreds of women through washing-station, sorting, and childcare work.

Hugo Ruiz

Hugo Ruiz is a smallholder coffee producer near Concepción Huista in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. His highland farm is part of CODECH, a cooperative that evaluates each farmer's deliveries and separates the strongest lots for premium sale.

Hundreds of Sidama smallholders; station operated by Testi Trading

Hundreds of Sidama smallholders supplied cherries to Ayla Bombe washing station for Verve’s archived release. Verve identifies Testi Trading as the station operator; individual farmer identities are not published.

Hunter Tedman

Hunter Tedman is a prominent coffee producer and agronomist based in Boquete, Panama, recognized as a visionary in specialty coffee production. He manages a group of farms including Hacienda Barbara, Black Moon, and Umbra, and serves as the President of the Specialty Coffee Association of Panama (SCAP).

Idido cooperative members

Nearly 2,000 smallholder members around Idido cultivate high-elevation coffee in eastern Yirgacheffe. Their plots average about 1.5 hectares and often combine coffee with fruits, vegetables, beans and shade trees.

Idivane Araújo, Ciomara de Carvalho, Julia Ribeiro do Valle, and Carmen Lúcia Chaves de Brito

Carmen Lúcia Chaves de Brito, often referred to as Usha, is a prominent Brazilian coffee producer and agribusiness leader based in Três Pontas, Sul de Minas. She is widely recognized for her commitment to regenerative agriculture and the production of high-quality specialty coffee at her family farms, Caxambu and Aracaçu.

Ikawa House

Ikawa House is a Kigali-based Rwandan exporter, service provider, producer and training organization founded in 2019 by Laetitia Mukandahiro and Uzziel Habimana. It provides quality control, market access, logistics and professional training, and owns and manages Ruronzi Farm in Karongi.

Illam smallholder producers

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Illam smallholder producers are farmers located in the eastern hills of Nepal who cultivate coffee on steep, terraced hillside farms. They operate primarily as small-scale growers rather than large estates, often integrating coffee production with other crops like tea, cardamom, and subsistence farming.

Iloma AMCOS

Iloma AMCOS is a cooperative based in the southern highlands of Tanzania that unites coffee producers from the villages of Mufaumbo and Illomba. The organization focuses on producing high-quality coffee while investing in community development and agricultural education for its members.

Inácio Urban

Inácio Urban founded Fazenda Rio Brilhante in Pântano, Cerrado Mineiro, after moving north from Rio Grande do Sul in the 1980s. The Urban family now manages the 2,700-hectare estate with agronomic and processing support from Los Volcanes Coffee.

Inga producers of Aponte

A collective of smallholder coffee producers from the Indigenous Inga community of Aponte in Nariño, Colombia. Onyx identifies the collective—not an individual farm or grower—as the source of its Aponte Village Honey community lot.

INGOBOKA Cooperative

INGOBOKA Cooperative was established in 2004 in Rwanda's Rutsiro District near Lake Kivu. Red Bird Coffee documents 135 members, including 47 women, and says the cooperative supports a children's school fund and member health insurance.

Ipanema Coffees

Ipanema Coffees is a specialty-coffee producer in Sul de Minas, Brazil. At Fazenda Rio Verde, its team separates the estate into small, traceable glebes and works with Yellow Bourbon, Yellow Catuaí and Red Acaiá for the Premier Cru program.

Irene Herrera Cabrera and Milciades Minga

Irene Herrera Cabrera and Milciades Minga are the two producers named together by Intelligentsia for Peru Gallito de las Rocas. Intelligentsia identifies them as members of the Gallito de las Rocas farmer organization and describes their farm only as remote in the rugged Peruvian Andes.

Irene Njagi and Nelson Muchiri

Irene Njagi and Nelson Muchiri are the wife-and-husband team running Kanelite Estate, a second-generation farm in Embu on Mount Kenya's eastern slopes.

Iria-Ini Farmers Cooperative Society

Iria-Ini Farmers Cooperative Society is a Nyeri County cooperative whose network includes Kiamwangi, Kamunyaka and Miiri washing stations. Onyx reports roughly 3,500 smallholder members across the cooperative, many farming between 1,700 and 1,800 meters.

Isidro Orosco

Isidro Orosco is a producer in Amaybamba, Cusco, operating the young organic farm Soqoy Qara. His November 2024 SEY lot was a washed SL9 grown at 2,040 meters.

Ismael Hassen and family

Ismael Hassen and his family founded Kayon Mountain Farm in 2012 in Odo Shakiso, Guji, Ethiopia. Verve describes a 500-hectare property, with about 300 hectares cultivated in coffee and the balance maintained as forest.

Jabanto farmers group

Jabanto is a group of more than 80 smallholder coffee producers in Ethiopia’s Gedeo Zone. Each member manages their own harvest, while the group collaborates on export under a name that means “stronger together” in Gedeofa.

Jacinto Domingo Marcos

Jacinto Domingo Marcos is a first-generation coffee producer in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. He and his wife operate Yulm’on Canalaj, a farm between two villages where they grow Caturra and Bourbon.

Jaime Sánchez Ledezma

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Jaime Sánchez Ledezma is a coffee producer based in the Cauca region of Colombia. He is documented as the producer behind coffee lots grown at the El Cabuyal farm. His work has been featured by specialty roasters who highlight his production of the Pink Bourbon varietal.

Jair Arles Galindez

Jair Arles Galíndez produces Pink Bourbon at El Guayabo in Purutal, San Agustín, Huila. SEY describes his coffees as consistently loud, dynamic and expressive, with documented washed lots at 1,920 meters.

Jairo Arcila

A third-generation coffee grower from Quindío, Colombia — patriarch of the Arcila family and a pioneer of experimental fermentation, known above all for extraordinary Pink Bourbon.

James Arlez Fernández Vivas

James Arlez Fernández Vivas is a Colombian coffee producer based in the Cauca region. He is recognized for his focus on cultivating rare and high-quality coffee varieties at his farm, La Laja.

Jamison Savage

Jamison Savage is a prominent specialty coffee producer based in Volcán, Panama, widely recognized for his pioneering work in high-elevation coffee cultivation and progressive processing techniques. He is the founder of Finca Deborah, Iris Estate, and Savage Coffees, and his work is frequently featured by top-ranking coffee competitors on the world stage.

Jamison Savage, Saśa Šestić, and Elvin Siew

Iris Estate is a collaborative coffee project in Panama founded by Jamison Savage, Saśa Šestić, and Elvin Siew. The estate is managed by this trio of specialty coffee professionals who focus on high-altitude cultivation and innovative processing techniques to highlight the unique terroir of the Volcán region.

Jeovany Baide and Salomé Guzman

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Jeovany Baide and Salomé Guzman are award-winning coffee producers based in Honduras. They are recognized for their commitment to producing high-quality, specialty-grade coffee, often featured in curated single-origin series by specialty roasters.

Jesus Ureña Hidalgo

Jesus Ureña Hidalgo is a coffee producer based in the El Congo district of Santa María de Dota, Costa Rica. He operates the farm La Bandera, where he cultivates specialty coffee varieties.

Jhoan Vergara

Jhoan Vergara is a prominent coffee producer based in Huila, Colombia, known for his experimental processing techniques and high-quality specialty coffee. He operates Finca Las Flores, where he treats the farm as a laboratory to refine post-harvest methods and produce distinct, clean flavor profiles.

Jhon Alexander Bermudez

Jhon Alexander Bermudez is a coffee producer based in the remote and high-altitude region of Urrao, Antioquia, Colombia. He operates Finca La Estrella, where he is recognized for producing high-quality Chiroso coffee that is often noted for its unique, Ethiopian-like flavor profiles.

Jhon Saenz

Jhon Saenz is a coffee producer based in the Inkawasi Valley near Amaybamba, Cusco, Peru. He operates the farm Aromas De Aniz, located at extreme elevations on the slopes of Mount Chogesafra.

Jhonatan Pito

Jhonatan Pito is a coffee producer based in San Agustín, Huila, Colombia. He is recognized for his focus on producing high-quality, expressive coffees that demonstrate clarity and structural precision.

Jhonathan Gasca

Jhonathan Gasca is a progressive coffee producer based in Bruselas, Huila, Colombia, recognized for his focus on advanced fermentation techniques and high-quality specialty coffee. He operates the Zarza farm alongside his brother, John Gasca, and is a partner producer with Lohas Beans.

Jhony Mamani

Jhony Mamani is the producer behind Coffee Collective's natural-process Gesha from Caranavi, Bolivia. Exact 2026 retailer listings identify Mamani, Caranavi, Gesha and natural processing; they do not publish a distinct farm name or lot elevation.

JNP Coffee

JNP Coffee is a vertically integrated Burundi specialty-coffee company and exporter founded by Jeanine Niyonzima-Aroian in 2012. For Bavyeyi, JNP supports and exports coffee from about 600 independent small-scale producers; it should not be read as the sole farmer.