Manor Fairview, Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Nicaragua is divided into four major regions: Segovias, Matagalpa/Jinotega, Boaco and Pacific Coast. The highest planting height in Segovia is about 1,500 - 2,000, and the coffee produced is the highest SHG (Strictly High Grown).

Coffee is produced locally, a processing trade develops in arts and crafts, and traditional delicacies are available. Madris is characterized by a cool climate, its small towns seem simple, but beautiful house roofs and special tile white buildings are also featured, there are many coffee plantations, and the mountains are full of green pine and oak forests.

In pure natural cultivation environment, more complex operations are adopted to maintain the delicate aroma and taste of coffee; high-quality mountain beans are grown in northern Nicaragua under an average annual rainfall of 1500-1700mm and a temperature of 20-29 degrees Celsius.

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Located on the outskirts of San Fernando, Nicaragua, Villa Belvedere is carefully managed by the founder Roger Esau Herrera Ortez family. The estate is located in a mountainous area at an altitude of 1400-1650 meters. The low temperature causes the coffee trees to grow slowly. It usually takes four years for the saplings to start bearing fruit. Of course, the advantage of this is that the coffee produced by the estate is very sweet.

Roger Esau Herrera Ortez decided to invest more in improving the facilities of the washing station, such as the introduction of a wastewater reuse system and a new washing classification system, which will not only avoid water pollution but also improve the classification capacity of coffee and obtain more and better quality coffee. Also in this season, Roger Esau Herrera Ortez finished fifth in the Nicaragua Cup of Excellence.

Maracaturra is a hybrid of Maragogype and Caturra, with both the plump body of the former and the sweet flavor of the latter, common in Nicaragua.

Breaking with tradition: Why Maracaturra?

Mauricio currently grows elephant beans, orange bourbon, and pacamara. Even though his coffee now has excellent flavor, he is still trying to find ways to improve.

Mauricio spoke to Manuel Meza, then director of research at The Salvadoran Foundation for Coffee Research (Procafé), who told him that he had met Maracaturra in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, and that he had won the top five places in the Cup of Excellence many times.

Manuel Meza was happy to help Mauricio, so he brought Maracaturra seeds for Mauricio to plant. What is special about Maracaturra?

Like Maragogype, Maracaturra coffee beans come in large sizes. Mauricio told me that he inherited the excellent flavor and high yield of Caturra. Its short stature and abundant foliage act as a barrier to strong winds-useful on Mauricio's often windy estate.