Wilton Benitez - Pink Bourbon

by Black & White

MEET THE PRODUCER | Wilton Benitez has more than 26 years of experience as a coffee producer, the majority of them focused solely on specialty coffee. However, "coffee grower" isn't exactly what Wilton thought he wanted to be when he grew up. He spent his collegiate years studying engineering and spent many years working as a trained chemical engineer before eventually making the career leap over to coffee. Today, Wilton is the owner of an innovative coffee company in the Cauca region of Colombia called Granja Paraíso 92. Both the company and Wilton are renowned for growing unique coffee varieties and pioneering new methods of coffee processing in the region. The farm has pioneered advanced and innovative systems which were previously unknown in Cauca and also features its very own processing plant, microbiology lab, and quality control lab. Chemical engineer-turned-coffee pioneer may not have been a part of young Wilton's plan all those years ago, but processing triumphs like this one