El Mirador — Yessica Parra

The story

The farm is operated by siblings Yessica and Diego Parra, who represent the fourth generation of a coffee-growing family. Their great-grandfather began farming coffee as a livelihood, a tradition that continued through their grandfather and parents. Yessica and Diego eventually left their previous jobs to acquire their own land and establish their brand, Diwan Coffee, which officially launched in November 2024.

Challenges

The farm operates as a small-scale project where the producers focus on experimental varieties and intensive processing methods rather than high-volume production.

Innovations

For the documented lot, ripe cherry was held intact for 24 hours, floated, depulped, dry-fermented for 36 hours, and dried on raised beds for 20 days to about 10% moisture.