We met Jorge Lagos in 2013 at the local coffee mill in Neuva Segovia, outside the town of Ocotal. We were immediately impressed by his passion for coffee farming, and his knowledge of the subject quickly set him apart. After studying at one of the most prestigious agricultural universities . . .

Our coffee purchasing relationship with Jaime was one of our very first, and it is certainly the longest standing. In the early days of exploring farmer partnerships, our team flew to Managua, Nicaragua and traveled north near the Honduran border. 

There are more than 200 smallholder coffee farmers in the native reservation of Aponte, Colombia. Each harvests and dries their own coffee and then sells the dry coffee in parchment (pergamino) to Jose Gomez and Karen Mora, who process the coffee and export directly to Think Coffee.

When we met Jose Gomez in 2016, he was already an accomplished coffee farmer, but he had never exported a container of coffee before. As he learned the exporting process, we worked closely with him, and it wasn’t long before Think Coffee became the recipient of Jose’s first ever export.

Although our formal buying relationship with Melky is less than a year old, we have known about his coffee and reputation for incredible quality for more than 5 years, when our coffee buyer, Enrique Hernandez, first cupped some of his varietals in 2019.

Weykman Jojoa is the farmer and land owner of Finca La Maria. Relatively new to the coffee industry as a coffee farmer, he is set on making big changes to the farm he purchased with his family 7 years ago and leaving an even bigger positive impact on his community.

Our relationship began with coffee exporter Aklilu in 2013. He was born and raised in the same community where our coffee comes from, so finding ways to uplift the community has always been his top priority. Aklilu's son, Biniyam, has also now entered the same business with his own company, Gujoo Trading.