Kelvin Pineda

Kelvin Pineda is the son in law of a producer who Laura’s known for well over a decade, Elio diaz. Finca La Arianita is at 1700 meters, and is planted with bourbon and pacas (this lot). Pacas makes up around 50% of what he grows. Both the Pacas and the Bourbon are older growth, but Kelvin sees no reason to mess with agressive pruning of the plants that have produced exceptional harvests the past few years. Kelvin inherited La Arianita when Elio came into some health troubles during the covid pandemic. This plot is quite the hike to get to, incredibly steep with sticky yellow clay slopes. Once you manage to get to the summit, the farm itself is on a plateau, overlooking the Santa Bárbara National Park. One thing I remember from this farm is the amount of symbiotic fungus activity on the coffee trees. No doubt this diveristy and ecological flourishing on the farm is a reason why the resulting coffees from Elio (and now Kelvin) win awards and is sought after as a fantastic representation of why Pacas is a sentimental variety for many quality focussed coffee roasters over the last couple decades.