Florencia y Anexo

FINCA FLORENCIA is 20 miles to the east of Guatemala City in the region of Santa Elena Barillas located in the highlands of Lake Amatitlan. Its elevation ranges from 4,500 ft. to 5,000 ft. Annual precipitation ranges from 1,800 and 1,500 cc. Temperature is mild all year long; warmer days and cooler nights, average temperatures range from 30° and 10° C.

FINCA FLORENCIA has been in the coffee business for six generations and the first coffee plant was planted in the early 1800s, an Arabico Bourbon variety. The coffee plantation is about 245 acres in extension; half is planted with Bourbons’ and the other half with Caturras’. The Bourbons’ are in the farm since the beginning but have been renovated with new varieties of Bourbons’ like Tekisik and B-300. The entire coffee plantation is shade grown with Ingas and other shade trees like avocados, macadamias and gravileas. The farm produces an average of 10 bags of export coffee per acre.

FINCA FLORENCIA greatest assets are to remain producing the best coffee with the first varieties planted by our ancestors. Another differentiation factor is that our farm workers were born in the farm and still part of our working force for four generations.

FINCA FLORENCIA’s goal is to provide our costumers the best coffee beans in the world. We are searching a coffee buying company that is looking for a long term relationship. Our expectation is to work closely with our buyer, not to only sell the best coffee beans in the world, but to sell social and ecological responsibility. The revenue of our sales will be invested in a social project within the farm.

MICROCLIMATE CONDITIONS
Average temperature C: 23
Annual rainfall mm: 4000
Type of oil and predominant element: Loamy (Loamy: balance of clay, sand and limestone)
Relative humidity %: 60
Type of shade trees: Gravilea
Beginning of harvest: December End of harvest: April

FARM PROFILE
Mills in the farm: Wet mill
Drying method: Sun
Annual production (69 K): 1500
Temporary Employees: 101
Permanent Employees: 40
Certifications or awards: 1 auction award 2008