An open experiment in coffee.
We're exploring what a family coffee farm in Colombia can become — openly. We don't have all the answers. We're inviting people with knowledge, ideas and curiosity to help discover what's possible.
Roldanillo, Colombia
A family coffee farm in the Colombian Andes.
Partially dormant. Coffee is still being harvested.
We're going back to find out what is actually there.
- 10 ha
- ~1,400–1,600 m
- Colombia
- Discovery
What can this farm become?
We don't know yet.
And we're not going to pretend we do.
The first step is to understand what is already here. Then we'll experiment, learn, and see what becomes possible.
We don't have all the answers.
Farm 01 is a real farm, but its future isn't defined yet. We're opening the process to people who can bring knowledge, ideas, connections or simply a different perspective.
You might have knowledge.
A connection.
An idea.
A different perspective.
You might know something we don't.
Every experiment starts with a question.
What coffee is already here?
Farm inventory, plant count, variety identification and initial quality assessment.
Can neglected coffee produce specialty quality?
Select representative coffee from existing plants and evaluate its quality.
What does it actually cost to recover one hectare?
Record labour, inputs and other costs during the first recovery pilot.
Farm 01 / Data
Open data. No black boxes. Unknowns stay visible until we measure them.
Project Log
A transparent record of everything we do.
A family farm. A question. An experiment.
Open Source Coffee starts with a family farm in Roldanillo, Colombia.
The farm has been connected to coffee for generations. Today, some coffee is still growing and being harvested. But parts of the farm have been dormant for years.
I now live and work in Spain.
So rather than deciding from a distance what this farm should become, I’m going back to understand what is already there.
The land.
The coffee.
The infrastructure.
The people.
The costs.
The possibilities.
There is no finished plan yet.
First, we’ll document.
Then we’ll experiment.
Then we’ll see what grows.
Farm 01 begins here.
- Farm Audit
- Coffee Inventory
- Soil Analysis