How is the coffee flavor of Alcatraz Ecuador? introduction to the loja producing area of Loha, Ecuador

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Ecuador Ecuadorian coffee has never been listed as a major economic source compared to bananas, oil and shrimp. Ecuador's most famous Galapagos Islands Galapagos Island is home to the original species of giant turtles discovered by Darwin. UNESCO has designated it as the "cultural and natural heritage of mankind", so the use of fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides and other chemicals is strictly prohibited. Coupled with the fact that the island is foggy all the year round and few outsiders enter it, navigators call it Alcatraz.

Ecuador is one of the few countries that grow Arabica and Robusta, and the local area is mainly robusta beans, so there are very few fine beans.

The vast majority of coffee trees in Ecuador are beginning to age (about 15 to 80 years old) and lack professional care, and in many producing areas, coffee farmers scatter coffee among vast woodlands and, due to insufficient rainfall, lack of irrigation systems, and lack of funds, do not employ manual care, fail to properly deal with insect pests and diseases, and fail to be harvested professionally, making the quality of coffee beans very important.

Loha region is located in southern Ecuador, close to the Andes Mountains, is one of the highest coffee growing areas in the world, 1450-2000 meters above sea level, is also the country's important coffee export city is mainly shaded natural planting, the local high altitude, climate change and soil quality are very suitable for coffee growth, with many excellent conditions for growing coffee, the domestic coffee industry in Ecuador is very special. Mainly by domestic buyers to negotiate the purchase of small farmers, these middlemen take great pains to rush from one village to another to visit farmers one by one to negotiate prices. After negotiation, the coffee is transported to a small number of coffee factories for processing, and then transferred to foreign distributors or processors. The coffee processing industry in Ecuador is mainly located in the three major cities of Huiyueji, Quito and Manda, and only a few towns have traditional small-scale manual processors.

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