The Farm Box consists of four 3oz pouches of coffee, roasting and shipping on Mondays and Thursdays only:

• Blue Label | Gesha Washed: Remarkably soft and delicate with notes of caramel, Champagne grape, and chamomile.

• Typica Anaerobic Natural: The first varietal planted by Juan Peña in 2009. Anaerobic processing yields a richly fruit-toned cup.

• Blue Label | Typica Reserve Yeast Process: A special nanolot harvested by only two experienced pickers and specially fermented with yeast prior to washing. An exceptional cup with great complexity.

• B7 Anaerobic Natural: The highest lot at the farm consists of Typica, Pacas, Caturra, Catuai, and San Salvador. The cup is juicy and layered, with cedar in the aftertaste. 

Former long-stem rose farmer Juan Peña began growing coffee in 2009 outside Saraguro near the small town of La Papaya in Loja, Ecuador. He now has 16 hectares in production across 25 total hectares ranging from 1,800-2,100 masl.

One of the most remarkable characteristics of HLP is that all of the coffee is irrigated. This is thanks to both the perennial waterfall, Cascada San Pablo, that sits above the estate and the ingenuity of the fertilization system Juan employs. Fertilizers are mixed in controlled amounts with water. Most established lots are fertilized 4 days a week and 1 day with just water.

The lots or "blocks" are numbered in chronological order (currently 16). He has an extensive nursery on site which serves to both regenerate existing blocks and nurture new varietals for future lots.

Juan maintains five different drying rooms, each with different methods. For example, there is one for experimental processes, one for naturals, and one for full-scale airflow. There is a special room for Reserve lots, too—nanolots for custom experiments where the cherries are specifically selected by only two expert pickers.

Four soil sensors are spaced throughout the farm. At a depth of 15cm, they provide real-time analysis of mineral inputs and humidity. This information can then be used to calculate the input percentages for the various compounds that make up the fertilization mixture. The goal is to ultimately develop a software system capable of making daily automatic adjustments to the fertilizer composition and water quantities based on environmental conditions.