Mount Totumas was built on an ecological mission before it was ever a coffee farm. In 2008, two brothers purchased 140 hectares of land bordering La Amistad, Central America's largest highland national park, to establish an eco-resort and private nature reserve. Coffee came later, when neighbors from a nearby finca helped them recognize the land's potential for premium high-elevation growing. Their first 500 trees went in the ground in 2014; today, the farm has grown to over 10,000 trees planted between 1800 and 1900 meters.

Every lot is shade grown within a reforested canopy of native, fruiting, flowering, and nitrogen-fixing trees, a deliberately biodiverse system that supports birds, wildlife, and the health of the coffee itself. The surrounding cloud forest regulates climate and prevents erosion, functioning as both backdrop and partner to the farm's operation. That ecological philosophy carries through to the harvest floor: Mount Totumas took first place in the Natural Geisha category at Best of Panama in 2023, and sixth in 2024.