World of Coffee San Diego 2026

Shady Bayter
CEO & Founder
Forest Coffee


Shady Bayter is the CEO and co-founder of Forest Coffee, a coffee producer and project developer based in Colombia. From El Vergel Estate, he leads initiatives focused on innovative processing, drying systems, and varietal development to improve quality and education in specialty coffee. Through Forest Coffee, Shady works closely with producers across southern Caldas and northern Tolima to build a community connecting farm-level innovation and helping shape new approaches to quality, sustainability, and value creation in the coffee industry.

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