This is a love story.

When I talk about Ericka and her family, and our story with them, I feel as though I’m telling a love story.

For the first time in their lives, Ericka and her daughters were processing the coffee cherries that Ruben harvested. Every step of the way was taken with care and love. They floated the coffee cherries in a small tank, put cherries into the pulper one bucket at a time, and manually carried out all the steps.

A love story that recounts the meeting of the strangers, building trust, sharing pains, and to grow to love one another wholeheartedly. After meeting us, Ericka and family decided to process their coffee. They put out small raised beds in the front yard of the house to dry the coffees in the sun.

Caturra and Catuai varieties processed in what they called, Red honey, was their beginning. It was unbelievably clean and sweet, especially knowing that it was the family’s first time processing the coffee.

Letter from Sunghee Tark, CEO of bean voyage ( Women-Powered Coffee )