Finca Monte Cielo is owned by three women farmers. Wilma and her two daughters, Nassia and Jharka, all work on or for the finca—the legacy of their ancestors—and place great importance on plant and soil care.
After many years of traditional coffee farming—that is, without specialized plant care—they have replanted the area. Siquiles, citrus trees, and other fruit and shade trees were systematically planted, and new coffee plants were introduced. The three women take great care to ensure that older coffee plants remain productive for as long as possible by pruning them regularly and keeping them clean—that is, by removing weeds.
What the three women have also created: a place to relax. Finca Monte Cielo is a place of absolute tranquility. When you enter the finca, the air is filled with the scent of citrus fruits.
You can help yourself to the mandarin and orange trees to your heart’s content.
You can definitely taste those citrus notes in the cup as well.
When you ask Wilma, the mother, about the finca, she always points out that this place wouldn’t exist without her daughters: “It was my parents’ land, and they actually wanted to sell it. If it hadn’t been for my youngest daughter, Jharka, who begged me to keep the finca, I might have sold it...”
While Wilma works part-time managing a small hotel in the village center (unfortunately, she can’t yet make a living from specialty coffee), her older daughter Nassia never misses an opportunity to further her education in coffee. She cups, she talks to other producers, she broadens her horizons in every conceivable way. Organic farming and cultivation within a dynamic agroforestry system are her passion.
Her younger sister, Jharka, is currently still studying in Germany and helps out her mother and sister in Bolivia. We are very happy that Jharka has already roasted for us and often supports us as a barista at events.
