THE PROGRAM
This program is designed for coffee competitors looking to achieve their goals in the most prestigious world championships.
We work with competitors as part of thier team to build a unique coffee and a unique story. The beans from Hacienda la Papaya have been used by competitors to win championships in Asia, Europe, and the United States. And it’s the story behind the beans – Ecuador, the special recipe, the farm workers, the processes …….
- Meet Juan Andres Tapia, an engineer in agronomy and QGrader, who runs this program.
- Develop unique experiments with Juan Peña
- Meet Ilda Cartuche who harvests your beans,
- Meet the group (under Segundo Cartuche) who washes your coffee,
- Spend time with Juan Andres Tapia to develop your special process,
- Witness how the most advanced farm technology in the world has been developed by Juan Peña
- Meet Ruth Celi who rakes your coffee in the drying rooms,
- Come to know our dry-mill and coffee laboratory (the most modern in Ecuador) and to know the workers who give your beans their final inspection before they are air shipped to you.
Come to the farm and participate in all of this. This is a story of a beautiful country, coffee workers who work with deep pride, advanced technology, and amazing coffee.
The harvest starts in May and continues through September. Ideas and experiments happen constantly ……
The Faces and Stories behind
your Award-Winning Coffee
Meet Juan Andres Tapia,
an engineer in agronomy and QGrader, who runs this program.
Develop unique experiments with Juan Peña
Meet Ilda Cartuche who harvests your beans
Meet the group who washes your coffee
Explore and develop new recipes
Witness how the most advanced farm technology in the world has been developed by Juan Peña
Meet Ruth Celi who rakes your coffee in the drying rooms
One of the first experiments was our now famous Oak Barrel process
