San Jorge - Honduras 2009 Verified listing

Overview

What technologies do you use? A conventional coffee growing practices with a nutritional directed plan based on soil analysis and shade grown, manual weed control, tissue management and shade regulation. Describe your production process. It initiates under control of manual weed undergrowth, tissue management(selective pruning), fertilizes under recommendation of analysis of soil, applying of granular form one in June and other one in August, cultural control of plagues and diseases, conditioning of the structures of the benefit, preparation for the crop of the fruit of the coffee, supervision of the cut of the coffee, supervision of the humid and dry beneficiary up to the storage. Pest Control Integrated pest management is practiced, primarily cultural practices such as: coffee tree pruning, weed control, shade regulation, waste picking, maintenance pruning, removal of mummified berries replanting of coffee trees were they have been lost and use of mechanical traps against coffee borer beetle. Shading Ingas for permanent shade and musaceas for temporary shading. Harvesting Practices Harvest is done collectively by the people of the communities nearby. Stress is made to only cut the ripe berries, processing immediately to assure its quality. Harvest begins in January and ends by May. Transport of coffee cherries Approximately 6 hours after the coffee cherries are harvested, the coffee is transported in plastic sacks by the cutter. Pulping process The coffee is pulped in an 3 steam pulper, in excellent condition. Processing Water Quality Water used is extremely clean, comes from a natural spring that is found in the property and care is taken to use efficiently. Fermenting Fermentation process takes about 24 hours average. Drying All coffee is dried under the sun in patios Transport The coffee is transported of the wet mill located in Cedritos to the house in Santiago (13 km) were it is placed to dry immediately, taking an average of 3 days to dry. Method to assure quality Shading and variety selection (Catuai) and nutrient planning according to soil analysis and renewal of tired plants. Ecology and Environment Care Coffee grown under shade, processing waters treated in oxidation ponds and pulp is used directly in the farm as organic fertilizer. With the economy crisis, chemical fertilizers cannot be bought.