Introduction to the Galapagos Islands Coffee producing area Santa Cruz Island

In the early 1990s, however, the Gonzalez family bought Hassenda Coffee Plantation. Local microclimates caused by the Humboldt Current, intense equatorial sunlight and sharp temperature variations (43 ° C at sea level and 10 - 16 ° C at 275 m above sea level) provided the unique favourable conditions that prompted the Gonzalez family to expand coffee plantations.

Since then, the area of the coffee plantation has doubled through the cultivation of early land. Due to the unique role of the Galapagos Islands in the historical process, the Ecuadorian government has designated the islands as a national park, no longer allows land reclamation for new agricultural land, and prohibits the introduction and use of fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides and other chemical agents. Therefore, coffee in the Galapagos Islands is recognized as a natural product Coffee is grown in Saint Crstóbal. San Cristobal is one of the larger islands in the Galapagos Islands and the only island in the archipelago with sufficient fresh water. At an altitude of 410 metres, there is a small lake called El Junco, which forms streams along the rocks and volcanic rocks on the southern slope of the island. Fresh water rich in minerals nourishes the soil of San Cristobal, keeping it permanently moist and fertile.

In 1875, Ecuador's indigenous Mauel J. Cobos planted about 100 hectares of arabic bourbon coffee trees in the Hacienda El Cafetal in San Cristobal. The altitude of the plantation is between 140 and 275 meters, and the climate of the region is equivalent to that of 910-1830 meters inland. This gradient is very suitable for the growth of very hard coffee beans (SHB) with high acidity and is also the key to the quality of coffee.

As the world's coffee industry moves toward a mass-production model, San Cristobal's smaller, less reliable coffee industry is in trouble and likely to be abandoned for lack of profit