Our Story
A family life in coffee.
Donald Salmon, founder
Learning coffee from the ground up.
Donald Salmon has worked in coffee for more than 35 years. His experience began on the family farm, tending trees and selling cherries, the way many Jamaican growers still do. Each season taught him a little more about what happens to coffee after it leaves the farm, and what that means for the price a grower receives.
That curiosity led the family beyond selling cherries. In 2013 Nomlas began exporting green coffee, working with processing partners and building direct relationships with buyers abroad. Alongside its own farms, Nomlas sources coffee through relationships with other Jamaican farmers.
Donald has long spoken up for the interests of Jamaican coffee farmers and has been involved in wider industry conversations about how growers can share more fully in the value their coffee creates. That conviction continues to shape where the business is going.
Heritage timeline
From cherries to commercial relationships.
1990
Family farming begins
The Salmon family begins farming coffee in the Blue Mountains, growing and selling cherries.
2013
Export opens a new chapter
Nomlas begins exporting green coffee, taking on the commercial work that follows the harvest.
Since
International relationships develop
Buyer relationships grow overseas, supported by coffee from family farms and from other Jamaican farmers.
Today
Roasting, brands and routes to market
Nomlas roasts and packages coffee in Jamaica, with branded products and growing international routes to market.
