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100% Arabica SPECIALTY SHG - La Paz
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“The cup of excellence winners” three times, the La Paz Region farmers are said to have coffee in their blood! The region is known to produce unique, unbeatable flavours and our coffee from this region certainly delivers.
Slow growing berries create the wonderful sweet and velvety mouth feel. Look out for orange and peach notes when you first try this coffee.
La Paz is bright and full of life, you will fall in love with this coffee.
Harvest: 2018/19
Notes: Orange, Peach, Fruity and Sweet Fragrances
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Altitudes: 1,100 - 2,200 m.a.s.l.
Location: La Paz, Comayagua & Intibucá.
Common Varieties: Bourbon, Red & Yellow Catuaí, Caturra, Pacas, Lempira, Paraneima, IHCAFÉ 90, Pacamara, Geisha.
Profile: Fruity & sweet fragances, alive and bright acidity, orange and peach flavors, velvety body.
REGION
This Coffee Region covers almost the entire department of La Paz, the North-East of the Intibucá department & the North-West of the Comayagua department. Through all of these departments lie the mountain range of Montecillos, and it is expanded North-West to South-East for about 131 km.
The region has a tropical climate with two marked seasons: A dry season that begins in January and ends in April; February being the driest month. The cold rainy season starts in May and ends in October. Two types of ecosystems are clearly defined; Cloudy Forests and Pine Forests, distributed throughout most of its extension, mixed in some areas with timber trees such as oaks, cedars and liquid ambars.
FARMERS
Between 1838 and 1877, due to the closeness with the Republic of El Salvador, the local farmers saw themselves bound to export their Coffee via the Salvadoran port of La Union, where it was exported to Europe. This exchange allowed the entry of many foreigners, especially Germans, who contributed to the cultural blend and at the same time, improved growth of the region.
Almost the entire population within La Paz Region are coffee farmers by tradition that have spent their entire life in their small home towns and who characterized by being simple, humble and very hard-working people.
La Paz people claim to have Coffee in their blood; when they remember their childhood years, the first thing that comes to their memories is the image and aroma of a steaming cup of coffee. With nostalgia they evoke their first visits to the coffee farms during the cold days of December and the adventures lived there.
Then, during the year course they yearn for “the season” which is the popular name for the coffee bean harvesting and processing period in our country. The harvest days are characterised by the movement of people and the presence of vendors whom, with their products and trinkets fill every corner and markets of their little towns.
SHG
SHG (Strictly High Grown) specifies that the coffee was grown at an altitude around 1500 meters and higher. Coffee grown at a higher altitude and lower temperature produce a slower maturing fruit and denser beans; which creates a more desirable specialty cup and generally ,ore expensive, than coffees grown at lower elevations; this classification is higher than HG.
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