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Finca El Mirador, owned by Antonio Mamani, sits at 1,550–1,650 m in the Caranavi province of Bolivia's La Paz department. The Mamani family has over 50 years of coffee-growing experience in the Yungas and is known for Gesha and Pacamara. A juicy, complex anaerobic natural: red wine, tropical fruit, hibiscus and dried berry.

Red wine, tropical fruit, hibiscus, dried berry

Finca Chuquiago, owned by Felipe Guarachi Tola, lies at around 1,550 m in Bolivia's La Paz region and is known for the Java variety — an Ethiopian landrace taken to the island of Java by the Dutch in the early 19th century. The farm's name comes from "Chuquiago Marka", the Aymara name for the area now called La Paz. Notes of white floral, candied lemon, sugarcane juice and green tea.

White flowers, candied lemon, sugarcane, green tea

Gakenke washing station, in Kayanza province, was established in 1991 and takes cherry from 2,667 smallholders, each farming roughly 250 trees on about a tenth of a hectare alongside bananas, beans, yams, taro and cassava. A sweet, elegant washed cup: mango, white floral, citrus and caramel.

Mango, white flowers, citrus, caramel

From Eudis Orosco and Victoria Atao of the Incahuasi cooperative in Peru, who preserve old forest shade trees for a balanced ecosystem and follow traditional Inca agroforestry methods guided by the moon, from planting to harvest. Outstanding florals with fresh rosemary, lemongrass and sour cherry.

Florals, rosemary, lemongrass, sour cherry

Grown by Arnulfo Leguizamo, a member of Asociación Los Naranjos and a community leader who won first prize at the Cup of Excellence in 2011 with coffee from this farm — a lot that then sold for an unprecedented $45/lb. His son Diego, a trained cupper, now helps manage Finca El Faldón. Sidra is an Ecuadorian Bourbon–Typica cross. Intense floral like elderflower with vanilla and candy-like sweetness.

Elderflower, vanilla, candy sweetness

A complex, rich natural geisha from Patio Bonito, a family-run farm in Caldono, Cauca. Carlos Arturo Trujillo has farmed coffee for almost 50 years; his daughter Paola — a former cupper and buyer in Nariño and Huila — returned to the farm in 2022 and reworked their washed and natural processing with thermal shock and anaerobic modulations. Notes of red florals, intense tropical fruit, strawberry and herbal rosemary.

Red florals, tropical fruit, strawberry, rosemary

From the Iván Solís Micromill, a family business led by Iván Solís Rivera and the Solís Cordero family in Santa María de Dota, founded in 2018. The contributing farms sit at high elevation on productive soil in the Los Santos area, some of the best coffee land in Costa Rica, much of it bordered by conservation land. A fresh-crop lot: juicy nectarine and apricot with caramel and cola sweetness.

Nectarine, apricot, caramel, cola

Fazenda Serra Negra, near Ingaí in the Campo das Vertentes region, covers 1,300 hectares — 240 planted with coffee and over 360 kept for natural preservation. Coffees are dried on concrete patios, in mechanical dryers and on raised beds. The farm won first place in the Natural category at Best SanCup 2024. A bold, chocolate-forward cup with bright cherry acidity, molasses depth and a clean, subtle funk.

Chocolate, cherry, molasses, subtle funk