Our story
Born 1789, Tuchín — Caribbean coast of Colombia. Died 1956. He attributed his life to a daily ritual: a cup of good coffee.
167
years lived
2
Colombian stamps
1,500–1,900 m
harvest altitude
82–85
SCA cupping score
Javier Pereira was Zenú — a people who tended cassava, cotton, and coffee on Colombia's Caribbean coast for centuries before they were named. When Colombia recognized him, the postal service issued two stamps in his honor — one in 1956, the year he passed, and one in commemoration.
He drank one cup every morning. Black, simple, slow. He grew the beans, dried them on raised beds outside his home, ground them by hand. He outlived three generations of family by sticking to it.
Today we source from the same Tuchín soil. We dry on raised African beds, the same way he did. We roast in small batches the same week we cup, because freshness is the part of the ritual that machines forgot. Every bag carries his name and his promise: never worry, drink a good cup.
