Being certified organic requires the use of natural minerals to ward off harmful pests.

Did you know that coffee trees flower before they produce their cherries? Inside each cherry are the seeds or "beans" we roast to make coffee.

Coffee harvest typically happens once per season and lasts about 3 months. All cherries are picked by hand once they are ripe.

Once the beans are pulped, it's all about the drying process. Cooperatives like Triunfo lay beans out on concrete pads, other use screen tables.

A ton of work goes into the production of certified organic coffee, so a picture like this must be blissful for the 500 farmer who are members of the Triunfo Verde co-op.