La Palma & El Tucán is founded in Cundinamarca, Colombia, by Felipe Sardi and Elisa María Madriñán. Eighteen hectares of former cattle pasture are transformed into a coffee farm, with an on-site wet mill built from the start. From day one, the project is conceived not only as a farm, but as a new way of thinking about coffee.

The team begins working closely with neighboring growers, listening before acting. The Neighbors & Crops model is born: direct cherry purchases, shared infrastructure, and long-term relationships built on trust, quality, and fair value. Coffee becomes a collective effort.

The first coffees are harvested and processed. Experimental fermentations begin, driven by curiosity and a desire to understand flavor at its root. International roasters and baristas start paying attention.

La Palma & El Tucán completes its first full harvest through the Estate & Varietals program. Tiny micro-lots and nano-lots are introduced to the specialty market, and coffees appear on the World Barista Championship stage for the first time. Quality becomes a defining signature.

The farm sets record prices for Colombian green coffee and gains international media attention as a new social and quality-driven model. La Palma & El Tucán Hotel is launched, opening the farm to visitors seeking to understand coffee from seed to cup.

The Neighbors & Crops program grows to nearly 90 farming families. Premium cherry prices, logistical support, and shared knowledge strengthen the local ecosystem. The model proves powerful.

The farm makes a radical decision: transitioning to regenerative agroforestry. Biodiversity replaces monoculture. Composting, soil health, and ecosystem resilience become central practices.

A La Palma & El Tucán coffee wins the World Barista Championship with an iconic Sidra. Soon after, another LP&ET coffee wins the U.S. Barista Championship. This moment confirms that experimental processing, varietal selection, and intention can redefine what Colombian coffee can be.

During the global pandemic, operations continue and relationships hold. The direct model proves resilient, sustaining the farm, the team, and partner growers during uncertainty. Community matters most when things are hardest.

Biodiversal is launched to help other farmers transition toward regenerative agriculture. Knowledge — not just coffee — becomes part of the offering. La Palma & El Tucán reaches its first decade with clients in over 36 countries and competitors winning championships around the world.

La Palma & El Tucán coffees continue to set benchmarks for quality and value. The regenerative and relationship-driven model begins to be replicated by other producers in Colombia and beyond. The impact extends past origin.

The farm's ecosystem shows the results of years of regeneration: healthier soils, greater biodiversity, deeper resilience. Innovation in processing continues, always grounded in craft and intention.

The Hotel becomes a living gateway to origin for more than 1,000 guests who stay among the misty cloud forest and regenerating coffee fields, experiencing coffee through nature, story, and place. Transparency and education are lived, not explained.

La Palma & El Tucán pauses operations entirely. A moment of accountability, reflection, and renewal — the team stops to regenerate from within, committed to finding its roots again, no matter how deep it must go.

A new chapter begins. From the Heart becomes the guiding principle for everything that follows: how coffee is grown, shared, and offered to the world. Not as a trend, but as truth.