The Coffee
The López family’s coffee journey began over 100 years ago when the family patriarch Mr Vicente López, a Nicaraguan citizen of Spanish origin, established his first coffee farm in the mountainous region of Datanli, Jinotega. The López family have continued in their coffee-growing traditions ever since.
Finca Los Papales is located 3 km from Jinotega city on the slopes of the Chimborazo mountain. At 1,688masl, the farm is situated on one of the tallest hills in the Cordillera Isabelia mountain range. This farm has a unique topographical and geographical characteristics which together with mountain vegetation, a climate of cloud forest, exceptional agro-ecological management and conservation of flora and fauna amounts of a world class operation of consistent quality.
The farm has its own cupping lab, a school for the children of workers and the neighbouring community, and a health centre supervised by the department of health of Nicaragua MINSA, where consultations are given for free. The medical centre provides services such as immunisation for children, gynaecological care for women and general healthcare for the local community
The cup opens up with zingy passion fruit, followed by ripe strawberry sweetness and tropical hops.
Download the Nicaragua Los Papales Information Sheet & Brew Guide
Roasting Information
All web orders are posted on Wednesday, please order by Midnight Monday to receive same week delivery. Any orders received after Wednesday, will be processed the following week. If you need to order outside of our roasting days, please contact us.