Foods & Living on Finca El Arbol
11 Ocak, Nikaragua ⋅ 🌙 20 °CJust a collection of impressions of the food and living conditions of the Finca…
Just a collection of impressions of the food and living conditions of the Finca…
After our day out and about it was time to continue processing our coffee lot. Since it was a small amount, we hand washed it in a bucket instead of the big washing line.
Then we brought it to theOkumaya devam et
Coming down from the farm we stopped at Ocotal to have some lunch. Like half the town we got in line and at the buffet ordered our lunch.
Most of us did so by pointing … 🤣
We finished our tourOkumaya devam et
Since over 80% of Nicaraguas coffee comes from small farms, our trip wouldn’t be complete without seeing those smaller farms too.
Don Concho and Doña Maria’s farm is a 15 minute through theOkumaya devam et
The coffee processing usually starts right after the harvest gets picked and weighed. Nowadays there are dozens of methods to do it - we decided on two different ones for our coffee lot:
Natural (fullOkumaya devam et
The morning started at 6am so we could leave together with the other pickers - ok, we didn’t really leave together as the newbies needed an instruction first.
In teams of two we got a basket toOkumaya devam et
Once done at Mil Variedades we toured the slightly larger Finca Santa Rita. If I remember correctly it is about a quarter the size of El Arbol…
It was exciting to see familiar names of KaffeemacherOkumaya devam et
After an amazing porridge breakfast I realized I got super lucky: I had left my hiking shoes in the one spot of the finca where the roof leaks. AND we had a little bit of rain last night. What are theOkumaya devam et
The afternoon was dedicated to learning about the coffee region and plant specifics. In the morning we were tasked to collect plant material that looked different and Tim used it to demonstrate andOkumaya devam et
At 7-ish we set out on our first tour of the Finca. There isn’t a distinct trail we followed and at times we were certain if we’d loose Tim we wouldn’t find back to the house…
…so he madeOkumaya devam et