Finca Las Mercedes Antioquia FW

Las Mercedes is a Colombian coffee company that has been passed down through generations, with a rich family history. Their coffee journey began in 1913 when their great-grandfather, Lisímaco Guerra, started his plantations in the Remolinos region of Ciudad Bolívar. Their grandfather, Eduardo Guerra Sánchez, continued the family legacy by acquiring land in the La Carmina region of Ciudad Bolívar, Antioquia, Colombia, where he also began his work as a coffee and cacao trader, opening a local buying and selling establishment. Additionally, their grandmother, Josefina Vélez de Guerra, also played an important role in shaping this legacy, as her parents were dedicated to the arriero tradition throughout their lives. 

They are also known as Green Hills Coffee S.A.S., a Colombian coffee production, trading, and exporting chain that emerged from the desire to add value to this beautiful product from the farm to the coffee cup on the table. They are coffee producers first and foremost, with a lineage spanning five generations in this business. With Green Hills, they can now offer their customers a fully traceable product, controlling every step in the supply chain from seed to the final customer. This sets them apart as producers of high-quality coffees.

Las Mercedes coffee thrives under different shades: 70% sun-grown, 20% partial shade, and 10% shade-grown. 

Las Mercedes coffee is dried on raised beds. 

Sustainable Harvest® is a specialty coffee trader focusing primarily on bringing coffees to market that are sourced from smallholder farmer cooperatives in the supply chain such as indigenous communities, women groups and the next generation of coffee farmers.

Their sourcing model is built on transparency, traceability and direct relationships between quality-minded coff­ee roasters and best-in-class coffee producers. Sustainable Harvest® has an on-site presence at origin with staff­ in Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Peru. Each office coordinates their supply including quality management, supplier relationships, source development, logistics, training and capacity building.