Dani Gomez

About the Coffee

Dani Ricardo Gómez grows Pink Bourbon on his farm, Buena Vista, in La Ermita, a small community in San Agustín, Huila, Colombia, at 1,770 meters above sea level. His family's work in coffee is built on years of consistent effort in a region already known for producing some of Colombia's better lots.

After selective hand-picking, Dani puts the cherries through a multi-stage fermentation: 24 hours in wooden hoppers, then dry fermentation in ceramic tanks, followed by a temperature-regulated water soak before washing. The coffee is then dried on raised beds for 12 to 15 days. Each step is deliberate and adds time, but that level of process control is what separates a well-defined lot from a generic one.

Roasti paid COP $3,350,000 per carga for this lot and exported it at $4.57 USD per pound FOB, well above the Colombian farmgate average. That price reflects the quality of what Dani is producing and gives him a real financial foundation to keep improving his farm.

About Roasti

Roasti Coffee Co. was started in January 2017 by Andrew Hayes and his father Gerry in Sherwood Park, Alberta. Gerry had been roasting coffee in their garage for years. When Andrew's career as a hockey goaltender ended, he took over the roaster, eventually ordering a five-kilogram machine out of Montréal and setting it up in his own garage. Around the same time, Andrew and Gerry connected with Henrique Cambraia, a fourth-generation Brazilian coffee grower, and that relationship helped push the project from a home hobby into a small roastery.

Production Roaster Tara Huizinga says the goal at Roasti is to represent each coffee the way the producer intended. They work closely with importers to get notes directly from farmers about what the coffee is expected to taste like, then roast toward that. On the sourcing side, they focus on transparency around pricing and aim to keep their coffees approachable without compromising on quality.

"Roasti caught my attention on Reddit forums, but earned its spot in our July box after sampling their coffees; every coffee I tried was delicious and well-balanced. The "icing on the cake": Roasti publishes each coffee's FOB price on their website."

- Dean, Director of Coffee