We buy coffee directly from our farm partners, eliminating as many people as possible and costs in between us and them.

El Recreo is a family-owned and operated 255-acre farm that has produced premium coffee for over 50 years. From soil and water management, to reforestation, and protection of their native ecosystem, they are a model of regenerative practices. The farm employs more than 40 permanent families, as well as approximately 200 seasonal workers. They provide many facilities to ensure employees maintain a high standard of living including a school for children, a health center, and retirement housing.

Al Lopez was born in Copan, Honduras, and moved with his father to the United States when he was 7. After a long and very successful corporate career, he decided it was time to reinvest in his hometown. In 2008, he founded Finca Terrerito as a coffee farm with three main pillars; improving lives, sustainable farming, and extraordinary coffee. Their 258-acre coffee farm has become a hub of community. In 2024, they launched a school that provides free bilingual education to the children of their workers and the surrounding villages. And they are currently working on opening a free health clinic.

Maria Esther Saut and Pascual Castillo are the proprietors of Finca La Fortaleza, a beautiful model farm in Chiapas, Mexico. Finca La Fortaleza was born as a response to a devastating outbreak of the coffee fungus Rust, which wiped out all of the small producers in Chiapas in 2014. They hired as many as they could to help them transform their 266-acre cattle farm back into coffee production. To do this, they first reforested the entire area, which in turn reestablished the natural habitat. In addition, they work with more than 2,000 small producers in the region, providing them technical advice and assistance to keep them one step ahead of climate-change induced plagues, and to improve the quality of their coffee.