フィンカ・ハクナ・マタタは、ヘンリー・ガイボルとベレーナ・ガイボル夫妻が経営をしています。

二人は1996年、国境なき医師団のボランティア活動中にブルンジのブジュンブラで出会いました。ヘンリー氏はエクアドル出身のベテラン戦争外傷外科医で、ベレーナ氏はスイス出身の従軍看護師でした。
1998年、二人はヘンリーの母国エクアドルに戻り、キトで13年間クリニックを経営した後、以前より惹かれていたコーヒーに人生を捧げることを決意しました。夫妻は、医師時代の経験を活かしながら、コーヒー生産へ多くの情熱を注いでいます。

夫妻はティピカ、ブルボン、SL-28、シドラ、カファ、カトゥーラといった複数の異なる品種を栽培しています。中でもこの品種は、2007年にエチオピアの伝統品種とティピカの派生種を掛け合わせて作られた交配種です。優れた品質と、病害への耐性を持ち合わせています。

ヘンリーとベレーナは、コロンビア国境に比較的近いピチンチャ県ナネガルのラ・ペルラでコーヒーを生産しています。1,350mとエクアドルとしては比較的標高が低いにもかかわらず、独特な気候で、湿度が高く、午後にはコーヒー畑が霧で覆われます。夕方になると気温もぐっと下がり、このコーヒーに特別な品質を与えています。

原産地：エクアドル

地域：ラ・ペルラ、ナネガル、ピチンチャ

農園：マプト、ハクナ・マタタ（ヘンリー＆ベレーナ・ガイボル夫妻）

品種：ティピカ

標高：1350メートル

製法：乳酸発酵

テイスティングノート：カルーア、アーモンド、ミルクキャンディー、青林檎

The farm is owned and operated by Henry and Verena Gaibor who also oversee the daily operations of Rancho Tio Emilio, as well as their own mill and farm at Finca Maputo.

The couple has a very interesting, somewhat dramatic backstory, also having to do with medicine. They met in Bujumbura, Burundi, in 1996 when they were both volunteering for Doctors Without Borders: Henry is a veteran war-trauma surgeon from Ecuador, and Verena is a war nurse from Switzerland. They met in the field during a humanitarian crisis in Burundi. In 1998, the two of them returned to Henry’s home country of Ecuador, where they managed a clinic in Quito for 13 years before deciding to devote their time, energy, and resources to another passion-coffee. Henry is extremely methodical and just as dedicated to his coffee production as he used to be about his medical profession, and Verena’s management skills clearly show her training and efficiency as a nurse underextreme pressure.

Together, they are doing everything right when it comes to picking, processing, and drying coffees. The Gaibors grow several different varieties, which are clearly divided and marked on their properties: Typica, Bourbon, SL-28, Sidra, Kaffa, and Caturra. This lot is a hybrid of several varieties of coffee developed in Ecuador, specifically a cross-breed created in 2007 combining Ethiopian heirloom types with a Typica derivative. This hybrid variety has proven to provide good quality in the cup as well as fortifying the plants with an increased tolerance to disease.

Henry and Verena produce their coffee in La Perla, Nanegal, which is in the province of Pichincha, relatively close to the border of Colombia. Despite its relatively low altitude for Ecuador (1,350 meters above sea level), the area where the farm is located has a very specific microclimate with high humidity and mist covering over the coffee fields in the afternoons. Evenings become much cooler as well, and this unique combination of characteristics give the coffees from Finca Hakuna Matata a very special quality.

Origin_Ecuador

Region_ La Perla, Nanegal, Pichincha

Farm_Maputo, Hakuna Matata ( Henry and Verena Gaibor)

Variety_Typica Altitude_1350 mas|

Proc._ Fermentation Lactico

Roasting_Filter low Sweetness_4 Acidity_3 Flavor_4 Body_3

Tasting notes: Kalua, Almond, Milk Candy, Green Apple