Nicaragua Finca La Bendicion - Maracaturra Natural

NICARAGUA

LA BENDICION - MARACATURRA NATURAL 

LOQUAT, YELLOW CHERRY, QUINCE + CARAMEL

We're enamored with the Maracaturra Natural from Bendicion. Clean and ripe fruits with a full, creamy body. Layers of yellow fruits such as mango, passionfruit, quince, and a caramelly finish. You'll be impressed by the size of these beautiful beans (maybe even bigger than the Pacamara) and the clean uniformity of the separation.

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BEAN DETAILS:

ORIGIN: Ocotal, Mozonte, Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua
PRODUCER: Luis Alberto
ELEVATION: 1500 masl
VARIETY: Bourbon
PROCESS: Natural
TASTING NOTES: Mango, passionfruit, quince, and caramel.
ROAST TYPE: Light

Farm Level

Finca La Bendicion is located in the Dipilto-Jalapa mountain range in Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua, and consists of 105 acres planted with coffee. Of those 105 acres in coffee, Luis Alberto, the manager, grows a handful of varieties, like Caturra, Red Catuai, Hybrids, Villa Sarchi, Pacamara, Maracaturra, H-3, Marselleza, SL-34, and Java. Finca La Bendición has loose sandy soil with abundant humus and has an annual rainfall of between 1,400 and 1,600mm.

The care and processing that goes into every lot is second to none, with careful detail at every stage. This Honey lot starts by bringing the cherries to the wet mill after careful picking. They are then floated and de-pulped and immediately taken to Beneficio Las Segovias to be laid on African Beds to dry for 21 to 25 days. For the Naturals, the coffee also undergoes careful picking, is then floated, and also taken to Beneficio Las Segovias to be laid on African beds to dry for between 25-30 days.

In addition, the farm has a rich biodiverse environment of fauna and flora, with an abundance of broad-leaved trees and conifer species. All of this together creates optimal coffee growing conditions.

Luis Alberto received 6th place in the COE this year, 3rd place in 2022, 6th place in 2021, 1st place in 2020, 1st and 5th place in 2018, as well as 3rd and 13th place in 2017... he is no stranger to producing exceptional coffees!