LA FINCONA (LA ESPERANZA) 2017 - El Salvador 2017 Verified listing

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Region: Alotepec Mountain Range – Metapan, , Department of Chalatenango, jurisdiction of La Palma, Canton of  San Jose Sacare.

Year of Harvest:2016/2017

Month of Harvest: December - January

Name of the Farm: La Fincona

Elevation: 1,200.00-1,100.00 meters above sea level

Coordinates:

Coffee Mill Type: Own micro wet-mill in Beneficio Cayaguanca (J. Raul Rivera S.A. de C.V.)

Blooms: A single bloom in the early days of April

CROP INFORMATION

Type of Soil: fertile alluvial clay loam

Temperature / average climate: Temperature between 10 and 23 °C

Average rainfall: 2,000 to 2,500 mm per year

Typesofshade: Mixed species forest composed of liquidambar, mahogany, cedar, white mahogany, pine, and oak

Shade density: 30 - 40%

Crop Conditions: Traditional semi organic.

Flora and Fauna Types Present: Vegetation: Native to the area, reforestation was done with fine wood producing species; Animals: rabbits, deer, armadillos, reptiles, squirrels and others.

Fertilization Methods: Primarily using compost and bocashi as organic fertilizer, both produced on the farm, complemented with complete fertilizer applied to soil and foliar.

Applications of herbicides: The farm does NOT use herbicides or pesticides of any kind.

Environmental conservation practices: The entire property was reforested 10 years ago.
Processing Type: Wash
Type of Fermentation: Natural Fermentation

CULTURAL INFORMATION

Owner's Description:                          

 J. Raul Rivera S.A. de C.V.

www.riverabalsam.com

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History of the Farm:

It is a property of twenty-eight hectares of extension that were reforested in the year 2000 with fine wood species. Of the total extension twenty-one hectares were planted with coffee. This plantation was the first of now four established by Jorge Raul Rivera, he established it in the early 1980s risking his life due to the ongoing civil war at that time. During the war, La Palma was occupied by FMLN and the Salvadorian Army fought fiercely to retake that territory; killing many civilians who were in many occasions caught in the cross fire or were victims of abuse from both sides.

Location of the farm:

Department of Chalatenango, jurisdiction of La Palma, Canton San Jose Sacare.

Work Practices:

Activities and cultural practices related to coffee.

Benefits or Social Projects:

The farm is the most important source of work in the surroundings of Canton San Jose Sacare and has prompted many residents to begin in the cultivation of coffee, thus contributing to the generation of work in the area.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Finca La Esperanza is currently in the process of transformation, the farm when first established was not well organized due to the time period during which it was established. The milling process was carried out in a same farm were we mill the coffee of two farms that were later established.

In the future our goal is to continue working closely as currently done, especially focusing in improving the fertilization programs and milling process. This farm is part of the legacy in coffee knowledge of a Jorge Raul Rivera (1938-2013). He was not only a professor at the University of El Salvador , and taught for 10 years coffee cultivation and processing, but has worked in the area since 1978. He also pioneered the establishment of the crop in the north of the country (Chalatenango).

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MILLING INFORMATION:

Milling: Mechanic

Type of Wash: Manual

Type of fermentation: Natural

Water treatment: Water is taken from a small stream that flows through the farm for washing the coffee; the wastewaters are deposited in small ponds of absorption.
Dry Type: Sun dried in concrete patios