Nicaragua, dubbed the "land of lakes and volcanoes," boasts exceptional coffee due to its diverse microclimates and fertile soils. Coffee's journey began with Spanish colonists in the 1800s, establishing it in regions like Las Segovias, Matagalpa, and Jinotega, celebrated for their volcanic terrain. Despite historical challenges, including political unrest and Hurricane Mitch, cooperative efforts emerged, breathing life into the industry. Today, coffee sustains around 45,000 families and constitutes 8% of Nicaragua's exports. The majority of growers are smallholders who tend to coffee alongside staple crops like corn and beans. Notably, almost 95% of Nicaraguan coffee thrives beneath the shade of native and exotic trees, fostering biodiversity and soil health. At Finca San Antonio, nestled in the Matagalpa region, coffee is cultivated in harmony with nature. The farm's agroforestry systems protect cloud forests and local wildlife, resulting in high-quality beans. In fact, an Obata Natural from Finca San Antonio earned recognition in the Nicaragua Cup of Excellence, underlining the success of this sustainable approach.
We do a consistent weekly roast to ensure we can provide you with the freshest coffee. In addition to that, we are committed to provide coffee that are within 14 days of the roast date.
All our coffee beans are roasted on the FROCO FR15-I. A machine that gives us a ton of information like the ability to track temperatures of the beans, drum, and airflow just to name a few. This means we obtain and are able to monitor with a lot of information to ensure we can roast coffee with a high level of consistency.
We pack our whole beans coffee and ground coffee in a 250g airtight packaging. With a smaller packaging, it'll help to keep the coffee fresh and it prevents exposing a large amount of coffee to the environment which can change the flavours of the coffee.
We don't use any flavourings in our products/coffee. What you see on the packaging and our website are taste notes, our ways of depicting nuances of flavours in the coffee beans. So don't worry if you don't get the taste notes, as every taste buds bring a slightly different outcome.