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Photo credits: This Side Up
Our partner, This Side Up, imported Nicaraguan coffees (which are truly heavenly!) from 2015 to 2018, but unfortunately had to stop due to mismanagement by their export partner, and they then completely withdrew from the country. This has changed again since this year!
They were put in touch with export partner Café Vidita, run by Rina and René. Vidita means "little life" in Spanish and is inspired by its 97-year-old founder, René Sr.
He named Rina and René (Jr.)'s mother this, whose real name is Carolina. Café Vidita is working with three farms this harvest year, and Café Vidita ensures the proper processing of the green coffee.
From commercial grade to specialty grade
The third generation running this export company used to sell all their coffee to “Big Coffee”, but after one of the owners saw with their own eyes what actually happened to their carefully harvested coffee, they were shocked.
“They were really not paying attention to details. I said to myself: this coffee doesn't represent my country, and we decided to do something about it.”
The results of their inevitable actions became very clear when the coffee processed at their processing plant won several international competitions and began to be sold as 'specialty coffee'.
According to Rina, Nicaraguan coffee can be the best in the world! Rina and René are convinced they are on the right track to offer buyers the very best this country has to offer.
Perseverance
In addition to fair prices for the green coffee and good wages in a region where it is very difficult to make a living, the family is committed to healthy ecosystems and a well-thought-out production system.
Given the country's history, it would have been very easy to give up coffee production. We find their perseverance admirable!
Santa Teresa
Santa Teresa is one of the farms that supplies green coffee to this export partner. This is also the farm where our Nicaragua Santa Teresa comes from!
This particular estate has a certain special feel to it and is situated on the edge of the Mogotón (a mountain range in Nicaragua).
The soil is sandy and loamy, and the diverse shade trees combined with the unique misty microclimate proved to be the perfect conditions for quality coffee.
Fun fact: it all started out of curiosity when Silvio Sanchez Orellana and his mother Maritza bought this piece of land and decided to dedicate their lives to coffee in 2012.
The farm's name, Santa Teresa, comes from Silvio's grandmother, Teresa Orellana. In Silvio's own words, she was "a strong, hard-working woman, a bit angry, who taught all of us how to work."
Silvio is mainly concerned with managing the best processes and Maritza ensures that the workers get a good meal and cooks for everyone!
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