The unique Coffee Culture of Lavita Manor in Costa Rica and the testing record of washing Vera Shachi Cup

Introduction of Lavita Manor

Rony Asencio, the owner of Lavita Manor, and his family have been growing coffee in Finca San- ta Ana La Huerta since 1990. Before that, Rony's family originally owned a coffee farm in the colonial Antigua region. When Rony was 15, his father died, and the reason why there was no one to run the farm was eventually sold, but Rony always believed that he would one day return to the embrace of coffee. When he began to take the first step to build his own coffee farm, the land price in Antigua was too high to afford, so he spent another two years looking for the perfect location. a place that provides high altitude, rainfall and nutritious soil to support the planting of high-quality coffee trees Finally bought the current Lavita Manor in the highlands of eastern Guatemala, high in the La Sminas Mountains. This lush, rainfall-rich region contains some of the largest cloud forests in Central America, and its central subregion was designated as a biological reserve in 1990. The diverse habitats in the area are estimated to contain 70 per cent of all bird and animal species found in Guatemala and Belize, including several endangered species. Rony took the advice of his father-in-law, Luis Pedro Zelaya (Luis Pedro Zelaya), a famous Antigua coffee grower, and decided to use Caturra, Bourbon and Catimor varieties to grow the farm. According to the most stringent farming methods, a lot of efforts and painstaking efforts have been put into the coffee farm, and a consistent approach has been adopted in the treatment of coffee. All coffees are selected manually and only ripe coffee fruits are picked. After the caffeine is peeled and fleshed, it will be fermented for 14-16 hours (the fermentation time depends on the temperature at that time), and fully washed, and then the coffee will be sent to the original square of the manor or the new high scaffolding for sun drying. The manor has a unique location, its rich soil and natural spring water flowing down from the Zhouwei mountains. It creates ideal conditions for the production of high quality Arabica boutique coffee.

[Lavita Manor. Kaddura, Vera Shatch. Washing treatment. Introduction to Finca Santa Ana La Huerta, Caturra & Villa Sarchi, Sierra de las Minas] Coffee

Manor: Lavita Manor Finca Santa Ana La Huerta

Producing area: Las Minas Mountains

Variety: 100% Kaddura (100% Caturra)

Number of mesh size: 18-19 mesh

Water content: 11%

Treatment method: washing treatment method

Soil: clayey soil

Shade tree: Inga

Annual rainfall: 1370-1820mm

Planting altitude: 1500 m

Flavor: vanilla cream Qifeng cake, wild berries, peaches, Sugar cane juice and wheat juice