A typica coffee tree and the lady manager co-owner of the farm who kindly invited me up to visit
20-30ft Camelias with red flowers - there were two of these next to the old house
There are few greater pleasures in life than visiting the farm where one of your favorite coffees is grown. Today, I had that experience. It was a spectacular farm, nestled in a beautiful quiet valley, with gorgeous trees and views. The original house where my host was born, still had remains of its once magnificent garden. There were fabulous old roses, 20-30ft camelia trees and some wonderful fruit trees including apples, grapefruit, naranjillo, cherimoya and one I have never even seen before but had little pumpkin-like cherries.
This farm is managed by a lady from a traditional coffee growing family who is also a co-owner. The farm is planted with Typica coffee. I have of late decided that for me this is the ultimate morning cup of coffee. There is something very good indeed about the typica varietal. It has everything flavor wise I am looking for, without blowing your mouth away - it is subtle and refined. It an old fashioned varietal that lost popularity as it is not as high yielding as some of the more modern hybrids. Also, it grows into very tall coffee trees that are too high for the Indigenous to pick without ladders and more expensive to pay the Indigenous to pick where the yields are lower and it is tougher to reach the cherries as they are paid by lata - which is a volume picked measurement. I love it so much, I am planting it on my own farm. Delicious.
Here are some pictures of the farm and the gardens. Thank you Lourdes!
This farm is managed by a lady from a traditional coffee growing family who is also a co-owner. The farm is planted with Typica coffee. I have of late decided that for me this is the ultimate morning cup of coffee. There is something very good indeed about the typica varietal. It has everything flavor wise I am looking for, without blowing your mouth away - it is subtle and refined. It an old fashioned varietal that lost popularity as it is not as high yielding as some of the more modern hybrids. Also, it grows into very tall coffee trees that are too high for the Indigenous to pick without ladders and more expensive to pay the Indigenous to pick where the yields are lower and it is tougher to reach the cherries as they are paid by lata - which is a volume picked measurement. I love it so much, I am planting it on my own farm. Delicious.
Here are some pictures of the farm and the gardens. Thank you Lourdes!
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