Colombia Viviana Cedeño

Viviana Marcela Cedeño Torres believes that the best practice for producing exceptional coffee is to focus always on quality, not quantity. As a second-generation coffee farmer, Viviana owns and operates her coffee farm El Diamante along with her husband Armando Andrade. Located in Huila, Colombia, near the town of Algeciras, El Diamante has been under Viviana’s direction for over ten years. The farm covers 16 hectares of land and maintains approximately 60,000 coffee trees, as well as avocados, sugar cane, and various citrus fruits. Viviana and her family all assist with coffee production at El Diamante. She has expressed before that “specialty coffee has to be worked as a family” to ensure a top-quality product. As such, Viviana relies on family and some highly trusted workers to pick only perfectly ripe coffee cherries during the harvest season. From there, the cherries are laid to rest for a day before being de-pulped and fermented for 24-36 hours. After being fully washed and fermented to remove any fruit mucilage, the coffee beans are dried in a marquesina (i.e. a parabolic greenhouse-style dryer) where they are left to dry for 30 days. From her coffee-growing upbringing, Viviana is meticulous with every step from growing to processing. We were first introduced to Viviana and her family in 2019 and have been purchasing their coffee since!