This coffee comes to us from Fausto Romo. Fausto owns the 6-hectare farm Finca Carolina in Pichincha Ecuador, where he has 3 hectares planted in coffee. This offering is his ‘Sidra” varietal, which performs exceptionally well in this region of Ecuador. Although the origins of Sidra are disputed, the cup characteristics are widely known –floral and fruity notes, with a high level of sweetness. Fausto shared some of his origin story with us:
“Originally I had 10 female cows and 1 bull.  They were pure bread Holstein cows from Colombia with a production of 140 liters per 2 weeks.  Then I had an uncle who’s name was Olmedo Romo and he grew coffee.  One day he told me plant one hectare of coffee, Sidra is a good variety and I planted 3 hectares of Sidra then. I then didn’t have money for the farm because I had to invest money for 2 years so I had to sell 5 cows. When the coffee started to ripen. After 2 years the financial issues at home started to fade away because we had our coffee to sell. It’s a very fulfilling day to see the trees flowering.  You can appreciate the aromas at a distance and you see the bees how they pick up the honey from the flowers.”