Lucia Solis
Coffee fermentation and processing specialist, owner of Luxia Coffee Solutions, and host of the Making Coffee with Lucia Solis podcast; former Napa Valley winemaker with a Viticulture and Enology degree from UC Davis.
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Jul 27, 2026
James HarperHOST
I'm a coffee journalist, creator of Filter Stories, a documentary podcast about the history, science, and culture of coffee.
Lucia SolisGUEST
And I'm Lucia Solis, a former winemaker, now coffee fermentation and processing specialist.
Lucia SolisGUEST
I live on a coffee farm in Guatemala, and I work directly with coffee producers to improve their practices and their livelihoods.
Lucia SolisGUEST
My podcast, Making Coffee with Lucia Solis, uses a scientific basis and my 22 years of production experience to share insights into coffee production.
Lucia SolisGUEST
Across the series, we're covering the topics that matter most to your bottom line, agronomy, post-harvest processing, storage, fermentation, my favorite, coffee quality assessment, sales and marketing, and more.
Lucia SolisGUEST
Each episode features best practices from leading coffee farmers and experts and presents it in a way that's practical and easy to act on.
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Lalo PérezGUEST
Estoy siendo rentable por hectárea, y luego mi rentabilidad es estable a través del tiempo, acumulando los últimos cinco o 10 años como productor, yo he sido rentable año con año.
Lucia SolisGUEST
So before you change anything on your farm, you need to know how you're performing against these two benchmarks.