Wara

History
Inocencio Mamani Cori began growing coffee in 1993 in order to provide for his seven children and three grand-children. But in previous years the price of coffee was too low to really make a living. “Thanks to competitions like the Cup of Excellence,” commented Inocencio, “The price of coffee has increased noticeably. Unfortuneately in previous years I didn’t make it the auctions, but now I just couldn’t believe, and neither could my wife and children. We are all very happy to have won a Cup of Excellence this year and now we’ll be able to increase our production by another two hectares.”

Inocencio and his wife currently have a plant nursery with 1000 coffee seedlings and 50 seedlings of mahogany which they will use to establish new areas of coffee production.

Quality Practices
Ripe cherries are hand harvested from June to September. Depulping is done daily immediately after harvest on-site. Depulped coffee is fermented for 15 hours and washed with clean water from mountain springs. The coffee is then sun-dried on drying tables.

Other Statistics:
Type of Soil: Clay and Sand
Average Annual Rainfall: 1,700 mm
Type of Shade: Siquili - Forestales
Weeding: Twice per year
Pruning: Sanitary pruning
Production practices: Not Available