Nicaragua Rajuanse Estates Pacamara RFA Certified

Country – Nicaragua
Region – Matagalpa
Producer – Ramiro Ortiz, Buena Esperanza Farm (Rajuanse Estates)
Altitude – 1100- 1200 masl.

Specifics – Pacamara variety originated from a cross between Pacas and Magarogipe. Incomplete pedigree selection conducted by the Salvadoran Institute of Coffee Research (ISIC). Grown primarily in El Salvador, where it is frequently dominates Cup of Excellence competitions for high cup quality. A similar variety, Maracaturra, likely originated from a natural cross between Caturra x Maragogipe in Nicaragua. Initial selections were made by the Nicaraguan Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) in 1976, which were never completed following the Sandinista revolution. Further selections were made by private producers in Central America, but the variety has never been stabilized.

Buena Esperanza Estate is the crown jewel of RAJUANSE Estates. It is located in a mountain valley in Matagalpa, Nicaragua. Originally it was part of a timber operation that was 2,818 Hectares in size and was owned by an American lumber operation dating back to the 1960’s. In early 1970s, it began its transformation into coffee farming but during the late 1970s and 80s political events in Nicaragua led to national instabilities in many sectors, including farming in general. Currently, there is still one of the original workers in Buena Esperanza, Don Manuel, that planted the first coffee plants in Buena Esperanza, and he is our historian.

In November 2013, the farm was acquired by the Ortiz Stoessel family, a Nicaraguan Peruvian family venture. Buena Esperanza was in dire straits, and it presented an opportunity to restructure the framework of the farm with modern day standards and practices. The farm is family owned and managed.

When the RAJUANSE Family took control of Buena Esperanza, a master plan was created to bring back Buena Esperanza to its glory and use its privileged mountain valley to grow quality coffee. In the master plan, it called for renewal of all coffee plants, protection of its natural water springs, reforestation and protection of its natural forest, and uniting neighbouring communities in a common interest of sustainability.

The farm is 846 Hectares and currently 405 Hectares have coffee planted. Our master plan is to balance land usage, half coffee and other half natural forest. We are combating local climate change and keeping local fauna. We have inventoried waters springs, creeks and rivers. Waterways are being protected from deforestation and water pollution.

Botanical species – Arabica
Varietal – Pacamara
Harvest period – January – April
Process – Fully washed
Bag Size – 69 kgs
Grainpro – Yes

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S8013704 – 6 – Sweet, fruity aroma. Fruity-sweet tropical fruits in flavour, mild malic acidity, cocoa notes, lingering finish.

S8013704 – 5 (2024) – Bright, fruity aroma, toasty notes. Fruity-green apple/grapes in flavour, sweet-malic acidity, lingering finish.

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Medium