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Finca La Esperanza, in Mozonte, Nicaragua
Finca La Esperanza is located in the municipality of Mozonte, in Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua and managed by Luis Alberto Balladarez and his family. The farm consist of 53 Ha of coffee and forest, and sits at an average elevation of 1,600 m.a.s.l. In here, they grow Caturra, Paraiso, Catuai Rojo, Bourbon and SL34 varieties. Bourbon is actually a variety which is a cross of Sarchimore and Yellow Catuai, but retained the name as it was colloquially known in Nicaragua. It’s actually a variety that was developed in Brazil. In fact, originally they thought they had SL-28, but it wasn’t until genetic testing, that it revealed itself to be SL-34 (colloquially they know the variety as “Afrikans”.
The care and processing that goes into every lot is second to none, with careful detail at every stage. This lot starts by bringing the cherries to the wet mill after careful picking. They are then floated and de-pulped and immediately taken to Beneficio Las Segovias to be laid on African Beds to dry for 21 to 25 days. For the Naturals, the coffee also undergo careful picking, is then floated and also taken to Beneficio Las Segovias to be laid on African beds to dry for between 25-30 days.
Hope Among the Nicaraguan Mountains
In addition, the farm has a rich biodiverse environment of fauna and flora, with an abundance of broad-leaved trees and conifer species. All of this together, creates for optimal coffee growing conditions.
Luis Alberto received 6th place in the COE in 2023, 3rd place in the COE in 2022, 6th place in 2021, 1st place in 2020, 1st and 5th place in 2018, as well as 3rd and 13th place in 2017…. he is no stranger to producing exceptional coffees! This is our sixth year working with Luis Alberto and every year his coffees are amongst the most fun that we work with!
For more information about his processes and coffees, we created a few video clips that I also think are important to watch to really understand how special this producer and his coffees are:
Clip 1 & Clip 2!
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