Josue Moráles founded Los Volcanes (LVC) coffee with a passion for the historic growing region of Antigua, and a dedication to exploring and developing organic farming practices throughout the region to help improve quality and production in the local community. La Esperanza is a fully functioning organic farm, wet mill, nursery, quality lab, and general testing ground for developing quality in the region. Due to the prices and complications related to acquiring pesticides, herbicides, and other soil inputs (not to mention the strain on the health of the environment), Josue embarked on an experiment to test the viability of organic farming practices as an alternative.
The coffee from Proyecto Aurora consists of coffee
cherries delivered by the employees of La Esperanza wet mill and farm. The employees and their families own small estates that have been passed down from generation to generation. These producers represent an ancestral lineage of coffee production in the Antiguan region. Each year LVC makes a commitment to buy all of their harvest and keep their lots separate so that they can pay special attention to the processes that they manage at Beneficio La Esperanza in regards to their own coffees. For them, it is a great satisfaction to see their coffee move through every step of the process and to see how their expertise is applied. Not only are they working their coffee through the wet mill and drying process but are also involved in the LVC Lab and the cupping of the coffees they produce.
