Producer: Ramiro y Vicky Granda Farm: Siempre Verde Farm Variety: Typica Mejorado & Red Caturra Processing: Anaerobic Washed Origin: Pichincaha, Ecuador Altitude : 1,500 masl Crop Area: 2ha Tasting Notes : Dried Apricot, White Grape, Dulce de Leche Sourced From: Siempre Verde Farm Bag Size: 227g/8oz
About Ramiro y Vicky Granda: Ramiro and Vicky Granda are the owners of Siempre Verde Farm, which has been in the family for generations. Ramiro is the agronomist and Vicky is the operations manager, and their three children are involved in the business as well! Martín takes care of customer relations and outreach, David experiments with roast profiles and sensory analysis, and Emilia creates the farm’s graphics. Martín’s wife does the social media content creation.
Unlike many coffee farms, Vicky and Ramiro employ their team members year-round rather than just for a season. They believe in supporting the farm’s rural community and strive to provide a nurturing environment for their team. (Learn more about Siempre Verde Farm by visiting their website)
Our connection: Although we have not had the privilege of meeting Ramiro and Vicky, Joel has meet their son David. David and Joel met while judging together in the US Roasting Competition in 2022. Since meeting him and finding out about his family's farm in Ecuador, we have wanted to use one of their coffees in our line up and are so excited it has finally happened.
The Roast Profile and Roast Approach : While roasting a sample of this coffee the main thing that stood out to us was how sweet this coffee smelled throughout the whole roasting process. After tasting the samples, we were super pleased to find that those sweet aromatics we perceived during the roast showed up in the brewed cup as well. What we enjoyed the most about this coffee are the crisp notes of stone fruit and white grape that are balanced out by its intense sweetness that reminded us of dulce de leche.
Orders will be fulfilled on 1/13/25. If you are local to the Bay Area you can choose to pick up your order at the CoRo Coffee Room for free. Just bring in your order confirmation email with you when you come and let one of the baristas know you are there to pick up an order from Lohner Coffee.
Thank you for exploring this coffee together with us!
