Daniela Conta - Gesha • Red Honey // Huila, Colombia

Daniela grew up in a third generation coffee-farming family in La Plata, Huila. Like many coffee-growing families, she has witnessed her parents do the backbreaking work of picking, washing, and processing coffee, often taking part in and sharing duties during the harvest to produce the family's coffee.

While on social media, Daniela stumbled upon Colombia’s own World Barista Champion, and Elias Roa’s son-in-law (another producer we’ve sourced from extensively in the past), Diego Campos.  He spoke to the intricacies of brewing coffee with knowledge and passion.

Inspired by this, Daniella enrolled in a technical program offered by Colombia's National Learning Service to study to be a barista.  Taking this experience, she convinced her parents to let her use a 1-hectare plot on their farm to experiment and grow her own coffee.  Recording every step along the way, she purchased gesha seeds and put herself to the task of producing the best possible coffee she could.

This coffee is a result of that work.  Handpicked at peak ripeness and fermented in cherry for 24 hours before depulping and on to a secondary fermentation for 80 hours in clean tanks.

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