Maria Damaris Medina

At the highest point of El Pital, Huila, Maria Damaris Medina and her husband Wilson Villaquira grow coffee on their farm Santa Elena. Both grew up farming coffee, learning from their parents before them, and began their careers with a tiny plot of less than 1 hectare. Santa Elena now occupies 7 hectares, and the pair have a sharp focus on improving quality as opposed to quantity. They recently replaced older Caturra trees with the ever popular Pink Bourbon, with the intention of elevating the standards of their coffees. Maria described this to our import partners, Nordic Approach; ‘We strive to produce the finest coffee; this is what we have fought for’.