- ORIGIN: COLOMBIA
- FARM: EL PARAISO
- REGION: CAUCA - PIENDAMO
- ALTITUDE: 1960 MSL
- VARIETY: CASTILLO
- PROCESS: WASHED (Yeast w/ Thermal Shock)
EL PARAISO / ALEX BERMUDEZ
Alex Bermudez, born in Bolivar Cauca, co-owner of the El
Paraíso farm located in the municipality of Piendamo in
Cauca, came to the world of coffee under the influence of his
brother Diego Samuel Bermudez who, thanks to his studies in
agricultural business administration, came to learn and
become quite interested in this topic.
Although the family was not a coffee grower, they had a farm
where Diego was able to start planting his first coffee crop,
where he would pave the way not only for himself, but also for
his family who supported him in the idea.This is how one day Alex gets the opportunity to work with his
brother, leaving aside his law career. Diego, due to his
extensive knowledge, begins to work in the national federation
of coffee growers and it is Alex who is left with the role of taking
charge of the farm, completely unaware of the subject,
accepts trusting in the teachings of his brother, who without
hesitation endowed him with the knowledge absolute to work
hand in hand, this is how as a team they took it upon
themselves to go beyond traditional techniques, even creating
their own equipment to produce a very high quality coffee.
Today Alex Bermudez is the quality director of INDESTEC S.A.S, a
family business whose purpose is to improve the conditions of
production, processing and marketing of specialty coffee in
the world, thus helping large and small producers.
family work is what has made Alex feel so grateful and lucky
today, because as he himself says, material things do not
matter but the other earnings he has obtained thanks to
coffee, satisfaction, learning, love for work, family unity and
above all the power to help so many coffee growers who, like
them, begin an unknown path with much sacrifice as is the
world of the coffee grower.