NW PALMA Mexico 2023

The farm "Palma" is located in the town of Opatla in the municipality of Ixhuatlan del Cafe, in the state of Veracruz. The farm has an area of 3.02.66 hectares, which in its entirety cultivated with the geisha variety. The natural shade to protect our coffee plants are trees such as red cedar, chalahuite, avocado, mango, chinene, vanillo,cucharo, white zapote, among others. My name is Felix Morales Ixtla, coffee producer for three generations. The production of coffee was the greatest inheritance that my grandparents and my parents left me, the love for this crop. I acquired the farm "Palma" in the year 2000, planted with typical and bourbon. Then we were affected by rust, which ended with the entire farm because they were old plants, in addition to low prices that have affected us for years, I took the decision to renew with plants tolerant to rust, but not affecting the quality of coffee in cup, respecting the environment and preserving the cultivation of coffee under shade, using for this purpose fruit trees and various shade. Endorsed this commitment, is how the opportunity to link with the civil association pronatura Veracruz, who certified the farm in 2017, as a private conservation area under the certificate number sedema/dggarnapc/205/2017. Once having a good production of plant and in the search for better prices for our product, I together with my family were interested in improving the processes of harvest and processing of our coffee. For this we made the picking of only ripe cherries, and then by hand and at home to perform the process of pulping, fermentation and sun drying, always trying to perform all these processes so that the quality of coffee is preserved. I competed at COE Mexico 2021 for the first time, winning the 17th position with a score of 87.89. In 2022, I participated again, winning the 8th position with a score of 89.43.