Description of Coffee Flavor in Hasunda Coffee Garden in Ecuador

Ecuador, which passes through the equator between Colombia and Peru, is one of the few countries in South America that produces both Arabica and Robasta coffee.

Ecuador actually means "equator" in Spanish. Due to the use of old-fashioned traditional harvesting and processing methods, Ecuadorian coffee is not listed as fine coffee and is therefore generally less visible.

Ecuador faces the Pacific Ocean, about 900 kilometers off its west coast near the equator at 90 degrees west longitude, there is a Galapagos Island (Galapagos Island) is also its territory, also known as Colón Island, producing the famous Galapagos coffee. In order to protect the natural ecology, the Ecuadorian government has designated the archipelago as a national park, and banned the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and other chemicals, so the coffee in the Galapagos Islands is recognized as organic coffee.

Galapagos coffee is balanced and neutral, with a medium body, a distinct but pleasant acidity, and a distinctive aroma. However, since it is rarely seen in the market, not many people talk about this coffee.

When Thomas and his crew landed on the island, they frantically searched for water and were so thirsty that they squeezed juice from the fat leaves of cacti to drink. Finally found water in a ravine in a rock. Thomas attributed it to God because it was Good Friday and they had celebrated Mass piously before setting out in search of water. Thomas would never have known, however, that the island they landed on was the only one in the Galapagos with plenty of fresh water, today's Saint Cristobal.

San Cristobal is a large island in the Galapagos Archipelago. At an altitude of 410 meters, there is a small lake called El Junco. The lake forms several streams flowing along the rocks and volcanic rocks on the southern slope of the island. Fresh water rich in minerals nourishes the land of San Cristobal, making the soil here always moist and fertile. It provides the most rare conditions for the growth of coffee here.

In 1875, 340 years after Frey Thomas de Berlanga discovered the island, an indigenous man named Cobos arrived on San Cristobal Island, where he established the Hasenda Coffee Plantation and planted about 100 hectares of arabic bourbon trees. Because the plantation is located between 140 meters and 275 meters above sea level, the climate is equivalent to the inland climate between 915 meters and 1830 meters, and the unique geographical conditions are suitable for the growth of super hard coffee beans (SHB) with high acidity, so this high quality coffee is settled here.

As coffee is consumed around the world, the world coffee industry moves toward mass production, and San Cristobal's smaller and less reliable coffee industry is in trouble and may eventually be forced to give up without profit. It wasn't until the early 1990s that the Gonzalez family bought Hassenda Coffee Plantation. The local microclimate created by the Humboldt Current, intense equatorial sunlight, and rapid temperature changes (43 ° C at sea level and 10 ° C to 16 ° C at 275 meters above sea level) provided unique favorable conditions for the Gonzalez family to expand coffee plantations. The Gonzalez family doubled the size of the coffee plantation by clearing the early land.