Every day begins at four in the morning with a cup of hot coffee and, after the routine work at the family dairy shop, Jhasneider Gonzalez begins his 30-minute trip to El Reposo, in the village of Maracaibo, where he works with his business partner Gloria Stefani Perea, who was his classmate. From 9am, when they open the café, to 5pm, Gloria and Jhasneider alternate work tasks and work hand in hand to make their business continue to grow.

“We also can and want to learn, which is why we did it. I am very satisfied with the training we received in coffee, barista, roasting and tasting. Our territory can be sustainable if they promote more initiatives like these. We, being locating on one of the roads to access Caño Cristales, have found the way to bring the flavours of the coffee produced in the municipalities of Vista Hermosa and Mesetas to the tourists, continuing the work carried out by the farmers of this land.

“Before, I didn’t like to drink coffee and now I want to be a chef”, concludes Jhasneider.