Saint Teresa

Every year, we organize activities that bring us together. We have soccer tournaments and ribbon races. We also have a sugarcane mill in April. The mill processes the sugarcane from the fields, but it's really also an excuse for everyone to get together and share dulce de leche, honey, and other homemade treats.

The village has its own school, a store where you can buy basic necessities, and for the past few years, we've also had a taco stand. Besides the soccer field, there's a nice resort with swimming pools, a green area, and a covered terrace with space for barbecues. We go there on Sundays in the summer, or after a soccer game.

Many of our people work in agriculture. And of those, most work in coffee. Just five years ago, almost no one in Santa Teresa dared to make specialty coffee. Until Jaime Urías started managing his recently deceased father's farm. Suddenly, Jaime decided he wanted to live better than previous generations. He admired them and all they had achieved, but he himself aspired to a life with more opportunities, more development for his family and his village.

At Cafesmo, where he is the technical manager, Jaime learned how to prepare specialty coffees. He gradually deepened his knowledge until he reached the level where he could teach processing workshops to the cooperative's members. In Santa Teresa, several coffee growers are also now working on preparing quality micro-lots.

At the same time, as a group, they work to cultivate high-quality coffees in larger quantities. By pooling their efforts—and their coffees—they are able to closely control the cultivation, harvesting, drying, and preparation processes. In this way, they increase their production volume to meet the demands of larger clients without sacrificing quality.

It is clear that in the town of Santa Teresa, harmony and friendship extend beyond a simple greeting when they cross paths in the store, or in the central square.