Nicaragua Providence Manor Honey Treated with Colombia Tolima Micro Batch

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The planting conditions in Nicaragua are not inferior to those in Central American countries. Coffee with shade at high altitude is grown in a round and balanced taste with less sharp acid. The main unknown factor is war and hurricanes, resulting in the unsustainable operation of a single farm. There is no historical data for raw bean merchants to track and consult farm data, until after 2003, the bad factors leading to coffee quality are removed, and backward traffic is also fully built. Good coffee continues to emerge. As a laggard, they have made quite a sensation!

Tianyi Manor, located in Dipilto, grows coffee on 10 plots above 1350 meters above sea level. When the current landowner Misael Sauceda Olivera inherited from his father, there were only two plots for planting and development, and then he bought land from his neighbors, which has grown to its present scale. Thanks to the efforts of the manor owner Misael Sauceda Olivera, Tianyi Manor has been shortlisted for many times in COE, while constantly making progress, improving the coffee planting conditions and coffee bean processing mode in the manor. It was still ranked 24th in 2007, rose to the fourth place in 2008, and was in high spirits in 2012. Won the runner-up.

Country: Nicaragua

Planting area: Tianyi Manor

Planting altitude: 1000-1500 m

Bean seed: red Kaduai Red Catuai

Treatment method: honey-treated Honey

Cup test information: tobacco, cocoa, pear, malic acid, pleasant, medium alcohol thickness tabacco, cacao, pear, malic

Pleasant, mid body

Cup test score: 86.5

Colombia is divided into 32 provinces, Department of Tolima is located in the southwest, covering an area of 23500 square kilometers, adjacent to the well-known boutique coffee producing areas of Huila and Cauca. Ibague, the provincial capital.

In Tolima province, there are north-south Andes (M. Andes) and Cordillera (M. Cordillera). Between the two famous mountain systems is the Magdalena River (R. Magdalena) valley, which runs from south to north, with fertile soil, hot and rainy climate and dense population. Irrigated agriculture is developed, the output of rice and sesame ranks first in the country, and it also produces cotton, coffee, bananas, tobacco, sisal, corn, sugar cane, beans and so on.

The name Tolima comes from the earliest people who lived here, "Pijao people". In the language of this ancient people (Pijao word), tolima means "land of ice and snow", "snowed".

Tolima, adjacent to huila and cauca, is an area where many coffee-producing pilgrims need to make up their minds to travel. The road conditions here are not very ideal, and some of the talented people who have visited tolima all describe the bumps and hardships on the way to the car shop in their travels.

The farms in Tolima are generally slightly larger than those in other southern Colombian producing areas, ranging from 10 to 15 hectares. The cooperative approach is also popular here, where farmers send their small batches of fresh coffee and fruit to the cooperative's processing plant. Some farmers will also choose to deal with it on their own, making use of their own small-scale treatment facilities that can handle the harvest of the day. Carefully processed raw beans can be negotiated according to the cup test results, and a few batches that are outstanding will be kept as "micro batches", microlot, and sent to Bogota, the capital, for further cup testing. The rest of the raw beans are generally mixed and sold according to the cup test flavor.

Because of its high altitude, hot climate and abundant rainfall, it has created good conditions for the growth of boutique coffee. Even Starbucks, a well-known coffee chain, has launched Starbucks selection. Colombian Tolima Coffee this coffee.

Like other Colombian regions, the classic treatment here is water washing, that is, wet treatment. Dry in the sun.

Tolima, Colombia

Product name: Colombia Supremo SC 17 Tolima FNC 18

Altitude: 1200-1600m

Variety: Caturra,Castillo

Treatment: full water washing, sun drying

Producers: members from Cucuana Group, including 90 small-scale farmers.

Key words of cup test: floral fragrance, wonderful and lively acidity, sweetness of fresh honey, creamy mellow sweet orange, malt, caramel, balanced, soft