OUR PRODUCER PARTNERS
Aida Batlle
Aida Batlle is a fifth-generation coffee farmer who lovingly manages her family's three farms (Fincas Los Alpes, Kilimanjaro, and Mauritania) in El Salvador’s Santa Ana region. She has become known for her visionary fruit-centric approach to coffee production, earning herself and her coffees plenty of awards and a devoted following.
All photos courtesy of Aida Batlle
In 2003, just months into her foray into coffee farming, Aida won the Cup of Excellence competition and set the record for the most expensive coffee ever sold. Since then, she has become known for her cutting edge work developing coffee cherries and experimental processing techniques.
In addition to producing her own coffees, since 2009, Aida has also run the Aida Batlle Selection (ABS) program, which sources the most exceptional single-lot coffees from El Salvador—and now Mexico—and helps them reach the global market, where they are quickly snatched up!
Forest Coffee
Marta Bayter and her two sons started Forest Coffee in 2019 with the goal of elevating Colombian Coffee to new heights through innovation in processing, education, and sustainability.
Committed from the beginning to helping connect farmers with international markets and ensuring fair prices, today Forest Coffee has grown into a thriving network of 250 coffee-growing families.
Photo courtesy of Forest Coffee
After receiving the coffee cherries from partner farms, Marta's sons, Elias and Shady, take care of all the coffee processing using expertise that they have built over years of trial and experimentation.
They also process beans from the family's own estate, El Vergel, where they have planted an impressive array of nearly 30(!) coffee varietals, including Geisha, Java, Pacamara, Red Bourbon, and Laurina.
Photo courtesy of Forest Coffee
The Bayter family continues to do exhaustive research on coffee fermentation and processing, always striving toward a better and better cup.
The result is some of the most interesting and complex coffees we have tried. But don't just take our word for it. Taste the fruits of their labor for yourself by shopping the links below.