Huver Castillo - Anaerobic Honey Gesha

by Black & White

MEET THE PRODUCER | Like many of the producers featured on our menu, Huver Castillo comes from a long line of coffee growers in Colombia—but that wasn't exactly part of the plan. For all of his adult life until 2015, Huver worked as a math teacher in his hometown in Nariño. But in 2014, when global coffee prices plummeted, he made the decision to return to his coffee-growing roots, putting his family's farm—and livelihood—at great risk. After years of trial and error, the Castillo family exported their first lots of specialty coffee in 2018. This shift from commodity to specialty, plus a tireless focus on quality and improving processing techniques, helped to sustain the family business. Today, Huver works alongside his father on the farm that's been in his family for over 20 years, and he couldn't be prouder of their resilience and achievement. TRUST THE PROCESS | After being handpicked at peak ripeness and delivered to the processing facility, whole cherries are packed into temperatu