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Our Maragogype Giant: A Story of Serendipity
March 12, 2022
At Finca Peña Blanca, we recognize that world-class coffee often comes from laboratories or high-performance nurseries. But sometimes, the most exceptional coffees don’t come with

Coffee: The Ambassador for Sierra de las Minas
November 2, 2020
I feel that by now I have hammered away at telling everyone I know how much we love la Sierra de las Minas, and how

In the beginning… my father’s land
June 11, 2020
Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s my father, Salvador Melgar, an entrepreneur at heart, was in search for a business opportunity. He heard

Our own third little wave
June 11, 2018
As I write this, and think about our little third wave, I am rewinding the clock back to 2011 when I acquired the farm. I

How I tell our story
June 8, 2018
There seems to be an underlying desire to know peoples’ stories. The other night we were watching a talent show with the kids. It seems