José Padilla and Gonzalo Hernandez began the Coffea Diversa adventure, their botanical garden, in the early 2000s. Coffea Diversa boasts the largest private collection of botanical coffee varieties in the world, and produces around 25 different botanical coffee varieties.
These two coffee enthusiasts have the largest private collection of botanical coffee varieties in the world, with around 850 specimens (many of which are not yet in production). They currently produce micro-lots of around 25 botanical coffee variants.