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The Bayter Family are at the forefront of coffee production in Colombia. That may sound hyperbolic, but it’s true. When their mother, Marta, took over ownership & operation of the El Vergel Estates in 2007 after their father passed away, she made sure that her sons would be ready to inherit the business when they came of age. In their late teens, Shady & Elias took on the responsibility of directing the farm’s coffee production and business relationships in consuming countries. Their elders and other members of their community insisted that the best way to make a living selling Colombian coffee was to grow commodity coffee in bulk and sell it at market value. The more volume, the better.
The Bayter brothers saw things differently, especially once they got their hands on a cup of specialty coffee. Now, after more than 10 years in the business and 400 hectares of farm land in their possession, they are boasting the exceptional fermentation processes that create the gorgeous cup we are experiencing right now in the Guava Banana. This process took more than two years (and many, many pounds of lost coffee) of trial and error to perfect… and they’re still iterating on every harvest with one goal in mind: to create the best cup of coffee in Colombia (then the world!).
