Angel Reyes owns Finca Agroloja in Loja, Ecuador. This 27 hectare farm9 of which is planted in coffee. They perform a wet fermentation here for 20 hours, followed by a 15-to 20-day drying period, depending on the weather.
Angel produces washed, honey, and natural coffee from this farm and dries all their coffee on African beds. Total production here can range between 2,500 and 5,000 kg, depending on the weather conditions.
Angel spoke to us about a significant obstacle being access to affordable fertiliser, but they are implementing new technologies to improve the technical aspects of their coffee processing, which is helping to reduce the amount of manual labour.
