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#OrigenCA2015, Part 5 - Loma La Gloria
This is Part 5 of our Coffee Origin Trip to Central America, follow along on Instagram with #OrigenCA2015. For Parts 1, 2, 3 or 4.
“You haven’t called me in four years,” the tone was emphatic but playful, and I swear it’s only been three years, not four. But arguing a point with a Latin woman is always ill-advised.
Anny Ruth Pimentel observes the bags of pergamino (parchment) coffee stacked to the rafters in the bodega of Beneficio Loma La Gloria.
I first met Anny Ruth Pimentel in 2011 when she was training to be a...
#OrigenCA2015, Part 4 - Malacara B and El Borbollon
This is Part 4 of our Coffee Origin Trip to Central America, follow along on Instagram with #OrigenCA2015. For Parts 1, 2 or 3.
A worker picks out defects from African-style drying beds at Beneficio El Borbollon.
After a night of grilled meats, beverages, cigars and bonfires, the thought for Valentine’s morning was a leisurely cupping followed by breakfast and then a trip to visit Finca Malacara B - that is, until Roberto “Chele” Dumont showed up at our door at 7:30am.
Rodrigo Dumont details an example of the Agobio Parra style of...
#OrigenCA2015, Part 3 - Cuatro M
This is Part 3 of our Coffee Origin Trip to Central America, follow along on Instagram with #OrigenCA2015. For Part Two.
After morning breakfast with Hermann and Nena Mendez, we’re on the way back down the mountain a bit to Cuatro M Coffees - a beneficio specializing in processing high-quality microlots. At the helm of Cuatro M is Emilio Diaz, coffee grower, miller, roaster and a vocal leader within the Roasters Guild of America. We’ve been invited by Emilio to stay at the mill, tour the facility, watch production and sample processed coffees from...
#OrigenCA2015, Part 2 - Finca Talnamica
This is Part 2 of our Coffee Origin Trip to Central America, follow along on Instagram with #OrigenCA2015.
Three year old Oscar Jesus welcomes us to Finca Talnamica while the workers sort their harvested coffee cherries.
The journey from Nicaragua to El Salvador was a relatively easy one, except for waking up for the first flight out after having spent the evening eating and imbibing at one of my favorite restaurants in Managua: Taska Kiko.
I’m on the road with Jeff Babcock (owner of Zoka Coffee, Seattle), Celeste Clark (Zoka’s head roaster), Jack Kelly (owner of Ladro...
#OrigenCA2015 - Nicaragua
Bienvenidos a Finca La Aurora in Matagalpa, Nicaragua.
Familia Ferrufino and Finca La Aurora
This month I’m off to Central America to seek out coffees for the coming year. First stop: Nicaragua where I spend a few days with the Ferrufino family visiting their Finca La Aurora in Matagalpa.
Red Bourbon coffee cherries ripe and ready for harvest at La Aurora.
I first visited La Aurora last March during a trip to Matagalpa and found a farm teeming with activity and a renewed sense of excitement. Doctor Enrique Ferrufino has owned La Aurora since 2005 and has been...