EL INGE & DON JAIME
Built by the Family. Grown by the Land.
This is what four generations of commitment looks like. Don Jaime started farming around age 12. His son, El Inge, carries that knowledge forward today alongside him. Between them, they hold decades of lived experience navigating the realities of small-scale coffee production — the hard years, the market swings, the slow work of building something that lasts.
"This land wasn't given to us. We earned it, cup by cup."
Their land wasn't inherited. Don Jaime worked in el norte for years, and through careful saving and his wife's steady financial management of those earnings, the family was able to purchase their own property and secure their future in coffee. That story of earned ground runs through everything they do. They've seen intermediaries take advantage of producers, watched programs fail to deliver, and navigated markets that rarely favor the farmer. Their commitment to transparency and fair trade isn't a talking point — it's personal.
How They Farm
Four generations of continuous coffee production, starting with Don Jaime's grandfather
Transitioned from traditional Bourbon Arabica to Robusta in response to coffee rust (la roya) — Robusta is more disease-resistant and better suited to current conditions
Produce lombricomposta (vermicompost using California red worms) as a natural soil input
Currently steward their harvest carefully, committed to fair pricing before selling
When you buy CraterHouse coffee, you're buying from people who have earned every cup of it.