Special Reserve – Finca El Valle from Antigua, Guatemala
Posted by Marybeth on 12 Oct 2009 at 3:16 pm | Tagged as: Other Stuff
Relationships
“Finca El Valle exemplifies our Special Reserve philosophy: great coffee, great relationships, and great farming practices.”
– Lindsey Bolger, Director of Coffee Sourcing and Relationships, Green Mountain Coffee
This is a nice story about relationships. Though Lindsey Bolger has been here for over 8 years, she hasn’t always worked in the coffee business for Green Mountain Coffee. She came to us from a nice coffee roaster from Olympia, Washington, already with years of experience and contacts and her own ‘favorite’ coffee farms and people.
When we were looking for the next Special Reserve, of course Finca el Valle popped up in Lindsey’s mind. She’d been there a number of times, and even though she loved the coffee, she couldn’t find a place for their coffee in our lineup at Green Mountain Coffee.
After we agreed to buy some of their coffee, I got the opportunity to call them up and ask some questions for one of our copywriters. The usual kinds of interview things – how big is the farm, (40 hectares) are there really old varieties of Bourbon there, (yes) what are your children’s names and what roles do they have on the farm? (they all work there).
She was so happy about us buying their coffee and so happy that it was Lindsey’s idea, she said, “I’m so happy to be selling coffee to such a fine company like Green Mountain Coffee, but even more, to be working again with someone so beloved by everyone here.”
We feel the same way and we hope you’ll enjoy the fruits of this friendship.