Nicaraguan Washed Process Coffee

Luis Alberto Balladarez comes from a long legacy of coffee farming in northern Nicaragua. Luis Alberto knows quality, and is obsessed with every detail in each step his coffee takes, from the nursery through the dry mill.

Finca Un Regalo de Dios ("Gift from God") is located in the Mozonte Municipality of Nueva Segovia, in the far north, close to the border with Honduras in the Dipilto-Jalapa mountain range. This farm is one of several owned by Luis Alberto Balladarez Moncada, who also owns the Beneficio Las Segovias coffee mill in Ocotal. One of his farms, La Bendicion, took first place in the 2018 Cup of Excellence competition; a lot from Finca Un Regalo de Dios took 5th place. This coffee is from the "El Salvador" lot, and is a naturally processed Pacamara. The washed and honey processed coffee from this farm is dried for 20-25 days, but the natural processed coffee is dried for 30-35 days - natural coffees are dried with the coffee cherry on the beans, which imparts an inherent fruitiness to the coffee bean.