El Sauce - Honduras 2018 Verified listing

Department: SANTA BARBARA
Municipality SANTA BARBARA Village: SAN LUIS PLANES
Total Area of the Farm: 14 Hectare Area Cultivated with Coffee: 14 Hectare
Altitude 1550 meters above sea level

Variety/ of Farming: Típica and Parainema
Certifications: NONE
Annual Total production Volume (Bags/ Green coffee): ____400__________

Producer Data *
Full Name: Esteban Madrid Chavez
Age: 72 Years Civil Status: Married
Telephone #: Cel #: 504 9989-1115
Email: (if you do not have, can be family member´s ) mavanessa_99@yahoo.com
# of generation as a producer of coffee _______2_____________________

Family Data
Name of the Husband/Wife Leonela Villanueva Pineda 72
Name of the children Age
1 Milton Madrid 51
2 Mary Madrid 50
3 Marlen Madrid 45
4 Irma Madrid 42

Participant Lot Data
Lot size (Bags of Green coffee): * 100 Bags of Green coffee
Characteristics
Height of the Farm (origin of the COE lot): * 1550 meters
Certifications:* NO

Variety of coffee from the participating lot: Bourbon
Types of trees for shade: AVOCADO
Period of harvest (months): *__3 MONTHS__________
Age of the farm where the lot was obtanied for COE in Years *_______20 Years_____________________
Type of Drying: Solar
Type of milling: Wet
Type of water source for milling: Spring water
Tell us briefly, how you start in the coffee business:
I inherit my father's farm and I've grown coffee all my life
What did you do to make the participating lot special? Cut only the Purple ones and perform the wash process in the perfect time
What have you done to improve the quality of your coffee?
Harvest: Red Grape, optimal cutting point
Wet mill: 12 hours of fermentation
Drying process: Solar dryer and slow process

Do you have the milling equipment inside your farm? (If your answer is YES please describe it, if your answer is NO tell us how / who prepared the lot)
PINALHENCE machine, 3 concrete pit
What means of transport do you use to move the coffee? Own vehicle
How do you market your coffee regularly? Exporting company San VIcente
Do you carry out any special activity to preserve the soil on your farm?
Only manual control of weeds, no herbicides are applied, and application of pulp in the coffee. Have you previously participated in the Cup of Excellence? YES
How many years: 6
Classified for the International Week YES
Have you attended any International Fair? SCAA
Do you have experience in the preparation of micro-lots? YES
Do you carry out periodic evaluations of coffee quality? YES
If your answer was YES, briefly describe your process. (As he does, with whom he does it)
I do with exporting company San Vicente
Have you made contracts with international buyers? YES
If your answer was YES, with whom and for how long and how did you contact that buyer?
1 YUKO-SAN 7 years
2.- Vervet USA
Was your farm affected by Rust? Yes
What activities do you do to control the fungus? Fumigation
What other problems do you face on your farm? Ojo de Gallo
Optional: Could you share what your dreams-goals-objectives are? Become a COE winner and maintain the high profile of my coffee.