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2006 Colombia First Harvest Cup of Excellence® Winning Farms - Auction April 13, 2006
Lot#: 10 Maria Mabel Castro Oviedo - El bosque
Lot#10: María Mabel Castro Oviedo Lot#10: María Mabel Castro Oviedo Lot#10: María Mabel Castro Oviedo
History

My father was a coffee grower, and I got married 20 years ago with Gerardo Collazos, another coffee producer. We had three children. Our familiar company is conformed by 3 farms, in total 25 hectares and 22 hectares in coffee. We are members of the Associative Group San Isidro y we are currently working to get the Fair Trade certification.

Environmental Care

We do have alive barriers in the borders of the farm, to preserve the fauna and flora. There is a system for the treatment of the residual water, the pest control is mainly cultural.

Coffee Processing Information

Good control and analysis of the soils, good practices for cleaning, fertilizing and integrated control of the broca. We only pick the red beans, the depulping process is ecologycal, and the drying process is solar. All our coffee is commercialized through the Cooperative CADEFIHUILA.

Other Statistics:
Soil Type: Franco Arcilloso
Annual Precipitation: 1,750 millimeters
Shade Grown Type: Semishade
Water Source: Municipality Aqueduct
No. Permanent Employees: 0
No. Temporary Employees: 5

Property Characteristics: Coffee Characteristics:
Farm: El bosque
Farmer: Maria Mabel Castro Oviedo
Rank: 10
City: Acevedo
Region: Huila
Country: Colombia
Farm Size: 2.00 Hectares
Coffee growing area: 2.00 Hectares
Altitude: 1630 masl
Certification: None
Variety: Caturra (50%), Colombia (50%)
Processing System: Traditional wet milling process
Lot Size: 15 bags
International Jury Score: 86.50
Cupping Number #: 28
Price: 4.20 USD
Winning Bidder: Nippon Coffee Trading Co., Ltd.
Jury Descriptions: got better and better, bright acidity, very clean, delicate soft acid, lemony, juicy, lingering maple syrup body, soft and smooth
Please Note: If a number appears in brackets next to a description it indicates the number of jurors that agreed with that particular decription.

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