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El Ca ñ al

My great-grandparents have always grown sugar cane, milk and coffee, but coffee has always been the most important crop. Most of our farms are inherited, and as time goes on, we buy more land.

In the beginning, coffee families were big families, and everyone worked in the fields to make a living and help them send their children to school. The children will go back to the farm to help pick coffee. In those days, coffee was transported by oxcart to the receiving station.

Coffee is our main income. My father was able to support his 13 children, who would help us in one way or another during the harvest season. Coffee is a seasonal product, so it's important to know how to plan and use your annual income. Now, some of my brothers and sisters and myself, the Salas Alpizar family, follow this tradition, and brewing coffee is our main source of income.

When I was 16, I decided to drop out of school and start the coffee business. I started with a piece of land my father gave me, a ranch. I accepted the challenge, and in the first two years, it was a difficult challenge. I worked for a brother for six hours every morning to earn enough money to pay for the very steep land that helped and planted me. Two years later, my first harvest was the result of my hard work and begging for coffee.

Over time, I learned a lot. I used different grape varieties, from Caturra, Catuai rojo, Catuai Amarillo, Catimores 5175, Costa Rica 95, Villa Sarchi to Caturra. Changes in these varieties are accompanied by changes in climate, plague and disease. In 1990, because the price of coffee was very low, we had to use some coffee fields instead of grasslands to raise livestock. As soon as the price of coffee picks up, we start drinking coffee again.

Our coffee is grown between 1100 and 1200 masl, and we are slowly turning to San Isidro 48 because of its good cups, good rust resistance and high yield. In addition, due to the price of coffee, we have been focused on producing quality over quantity, in a sustainable way that will make us profitable and attractive in today's market.

I want coffee to be a more stable industry instead of having a low price cycle every 10 years. We adapt to climate and world change in a more sustainable and environmentally friendly way.

For me, coffee is a way of life. It has been in my house for as long as I can remember. I like it very much. Coffee helped me raise three children, and thanks to coffee, we had this great family. That's why I encourage my children to follow my steps and drink coffee in a timely manner, which is a sustainable activity worth doing from generation to generation.

Costa Rica ranked eighth in 2019

Farm name El Ca ñ al

Farmer / representative Delmar Salas ALP í zar

Score 88.77

Height 1200masl

City Volio, San Ram ó n, Alajuela

Regional VCO

Aroma / flavor cinnamon, raisins, mixed nuts, yogurt, pineapple, pumpkin spices, apple pie, sweet ginger, candy ginger, cocoa powder, maple syrup, nutmeg

Acidity citric acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, complex, bright

Others are creamy, very sweet, mellow, juicy and round

Anaerobic treatment of treatment system

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