Sergio Montiel - Geisha - Red Honey

Flavor notes:  Honey, pineapple, cherry, orange, muscovado sugar

Producer: Sergio Montiel Hernandéz
Origin: Rincón Toningo, Veracruz, Mexico
Variety: Geisha
Processing: Red Honey
Altitude: 1250 masl

The Producer:

"You'll never know if you can if you don't try".

My name is Sergio Montiel Hernández, I was born in 1990, and I work in agriculture. There are nine of us in my family: four brothers and five sisters. I value the work my colleagues at the cooperative do. I've only been working with parchment coffee for three years, and I'm doing it to the best of my ability. I've really enjoyed working on it, and I feel confident in what I'm doing. I'm self-assured and confident in myself. I like to do any work and always finish it. I feel happy working—planting coffee, growing bananas, and planting beans.

Since I was little, I've had the opportunity to know my father, who is no longer with us. Despite all the problems and obstacles I've faced, I really enjoy the coffee farming he taught us. Here in this region, growing and harvesting coffee is very important. Although I must admit I'm just starting out, I'm proud of myself because I've achieved the results I wanted: a good product and good work. I used to sell coffee cherries by the kilo, but the cooperative invited me to sell parchment coffee. Then I wanted to experiment with some things and get to know myself and what I'm capable of, and despite everything, I managed to produce a good product. I feel motivated to keep learning more about coffee because I believe there are still many things I haven't discovered; I still have a lot to learn. Every day I think about doing something good with my coffee and thus achieving high scores, capturing the aromas and flavors, with proper fermentation. I'm very proud of my work and wouldn't trade it for anything.

I'm very open to continuing to learn about coffee; any new project always interests me, so count me in.

I consider myself an honest person. I don't like making mistakes in my work, and if there are any, I try to fix them. In the end, what I want is to be at peace with myself and proud of what I've done.

Transparency:

The exact composition of the economic distribution is as follows:
a) Farmgate price
b) Transport in Origin
c) Exportation cost
d) Importation Cost
e) Transport in Destiny
f) Roasting Cost
g) Administrative costs
i) Ombligo de Luna profit
j) Projects Fund at Origin 
k) VAT

Projects:

This Coffee support CAFETO: Our compromise is to plant 2 coffee trees for Sergio, he specially as uf for ARARA variety, which we were really lucky to procure from Brazil for him.

This Coffee also support the Economic Fund for Sergio: a fund of 500 € to be use in the construction of Zarandas (solar beds), a sortieng sieve and to develop his own coffee brand - Café Potrillo- as part of the PTT (Para Todos Todo) Project.