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FARM/FARMERS
EL PINO - CIRO VENTURA SOLABAC
ALFREDO HUERTA CALDERÓN
CUP PROFILE ACCORDING TO THE FARMER COMMENTS
Coffee with sweet notes and slightly fruity, full body. Chocolate and vanilla flavors. Medium acidity and very nice good finish and after taste.
LOCATION
The farm is located in the community of Tlavictepan, Huatusco municipality in Veracruz state.
ALTITUDE
Tlavictepan is located at 1,200 masl.
OTHER INDICATIVES OF QUALITY
The coffee is cultivated under the organic practices and fair trade practices but still in transition. The coffee is harvested when is fully matured and we do 3 harvests. The traceability is well kept when coffee is delivered to the cooperative. In fact, is classified by different qualities.
HISTORY
The municipality of Huatusco is located in the central mountains of Veracruz with a kind of vegetation of “Cloud Forest”. The Huatusco area is the main coffee producer region in the Veracruz State. Their privileged location, fertile soils, good weather and optimal pluvial precipitation makes possible to grown an strictly high grown coffee in this area which is known as the “Veracruzana Coffee Route”.
The local populations in this community are mostly small holders who really take care of their plantations.
CERTIFICATIONS
Flo fair trade and in transition to organic
ANNUAL PRODUCTION
2,000 Lb of green coffee
Rank | 1 |
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Farm Name | El Pino / El Cedro |
Farmer/Rep. | Ciro Ventura Solabac |
Altitude | 1200 |
Country | Mexico |
Year | 2015 |
Size (30kg boxes) | 21 |
City | Huatusco |
Region | Veracruz |
Program | México 2015 |
Month | - |
Aroma/Flavor | Tropical fruits, ripe fig, winy, peach, very balanced, grape candy |
Acidity | Structured malic, acidity big and rounded with sweet acid |
Other | Stunning coffee, long balanced and structure, multi-faceted, with transparency and multiple layers of flavors |
Processing system | Washed |
Variety | 60% Typica 10% Bourbón 20% Caturra 10% Yellow Caturra |
Farm Size | - |
Auction Lot Size (lbs.) | 1411 |
High bid | 16.60 |
Total value | 23422.6 |
High bidders | Maruyama Coffee, Uchida Coffee, Sugi Coffee Roasting, Nagahama Coffee, Saza Coffee |