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In the cup: Textured, layered and well balanced - sweet notes of dried fruit and vanilla and a bright burst of mango.
SCA score: 87 points
Mouthfeel: Round, creamy
Varieties: Caturra, Marsellesa
Process: Natural
Producer: Victor Robello
Altitude: 1200 m.a.s.l.
Region: Jinotega
Background:
Finca Las Morenitas is a 200 hectare Rainforest Alliance certied farm run by Victor Robelo - a 4th generation coffee farmer, based in the northern parts of Nicaragua. Victor was a child during the civil war and spent many years in exile while family farm was taken by guerillas.
Now, having returned and bought back his fathers farm in 2011 he is on a mission to grow high quality coffee, while caring for the well-being of the environment and his community in Jinotega.
In 2017 a coffee from Victor’s farm won the Nicaragua Cup of Excellence contest, a success he attributes the team around him.Victor now produces coffee on seven farms in the region.
Nicaragua
The central American nation has been producing coffee for over 200 years, however, a turbulent pastalmost destroyed the industry. Political stability returned in 1990 and Nicaragua’s coffee industry has flourished since, owing thanks to some well-placed family estates driving the sector forward. A large percentage of the coffee is produced in the highlands of Jinotega and Matagalpa, each region produces distinct and unique flavours. Common to all high grown Nicaraguan coffees is a well-balanced flavour, moderate levels of acidity, with sweetness and citrusy fruits