


Las Mercedes Farm
OWNER: CESAR ANTONIO FLORES LOPEZ
HISTORY: It comes from five generations of the Flores family, 150 years of experience. They started with crops such as corn, beans and cattle until in 1960 when they changed to Coffee Farming, where the Caturra, Borbón and Maragogipe coffee varieties predominated in Nicaragua; In 2014, the new coffee varieties tolerant to ROYA, more productive and with excellent flavors, were introduced.
LOCATION.
Community: La Molonka / Alto Alegre
Town: Matagalpa
Department: Matagalpa
GPS Position: latitude: 12.828378 / longitude: -85.931165
TOTAL AREA OF THE FARM: 42 hectares
TOTAL COFFEE AREA: 36 hectares
HEIGHT ABOVE SEA LEVEL: between 1,100 masl to 1,300 masl.
CULTIVATED VARIETIES: Villa Sarchimore, Lempira, Maraflor, CR95, Marsellesa
HARVEST TIME: from November to February
SOIL TYPE: Clay loam / organic matter
ANNUAL RAINFALL: 2,100mm of water to 2,800mm of water per year.
PROCESSES THAT ARE CARRIED OUT ON THE FARM: Wet milling (pulped, fermented and washed). the wet coffee is delivered to the dry mill.
Las Mercedes Farm
OWNER: CESAR ANTONIO FLORES LOPEZ
HISTORY: It comes from five generations of the Flores family, 150 years of experience. They started with crops such as corn, beans and cattle until in 1960 when they changed to Coffee Farming, where the Caturra, Borbón and Maragogipe coffee varieties predominated in Nicaragua; In 2014, the new coffee varieties tolerant to ROYA, more productive and with excellent flavors, were introduced.
LOCATION.
Community: La Molonka / Alto Alegre
Town: Matagalpa
Department: Matagalpa
GPS Position: latitude: 12.828378 / longitude: -85.931165
TOTAL AREA OF THE FARM: 42 hectares
TOTAL COFFEE AREA: 36 hectares
HEIGHT ABOVE SEA LEVEL: between 1,100 masl to 1,300 masl.
CULTIVATED VARIETIES: Villa Sarchimore, Lempira, Maraflor, CR95, Marsellesa
HARVEST TIME: from November to February
SOIL TYPE: Clay loam / organic matter
ANNUAL RAINFALL: 2,100mm of water to 2,800mm of water per year.
PROCESSES THAT ARE CARRIED OUT ON THE FARM: Wet milling (pulped, fermented and washed). the wet coffee is delivered to the dry mill.