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2006 Honduras Cup of Excellence® Winning Farms - Auction June 13, 2006 |
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Lot#: 24 Benjamin Gomez Castillo - Altos De La Laguna |
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Overview Don Benjamin Gomez is married to Maria
Alejandra Aleman Avila and they have four sons and daughters: Ricardo
Antonio,43; Rosaura, 41;Maria del Carmen,39; Alejandra Elizabeth,37.
Don Benjamin was born in Erandique, Department of
Lempira, his father taught him to work with cattle and corn, send him to
school until the sixth grade in Erandique, where he got married and in
1975 he moved to Siguatepeque, he bought a cattle ranch in San Antonio
de Cortes where he has a dairy farm, in 1998 he bought a land in El
Cedral Arriba and that year he planted 12 manzanas of farm.
All his sons and daughters are college graduates and
work in a independent manner.
His expectations are improve his coffee plantation
without affecting his natural resources, plant another 4 manzanas of
coffee, supported by his family, continue his work with coffee and
dairy. He sells his coffee to anybody who is willing to pay NYBOT
prices, usually intermediaries, he sells his coffee only surface dry,
one day of sun only. |
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| Property Characteristics: |
Coffee Characteristics: |
| Farm:
Altos De La Laguna |
| Farmer:
Benjamin Gomez Castillo |
| Rank:
24 |
| City:
Jesus De Otoro |
| Region:
Intibuca |
| Country:
Honduras |
| Farm Size:
8.40 Hectares |
| Coffee growing area:
Not Available |
| Altitude:
1623 masl |
| Certification:
None |
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| Variety:
IHC-90 |
| Processing System:
Depulped with water, naturally demucilaged in concrete tanks, naturally washed in concrete tanks, na |
| Lot Size:
15 bags |
| International Jury Score:
84.50 |
| Cupping Number #:
771 |
| Price:
1.90 USD |
| Winning Bidder:
Wataru for Beans Coffee Sales |
| Jury Descriptions:
honey fragrance, mango, jasmine, citric acidity, fine cup, clean, sweet, strawberry, clean, round apple acidity |
| 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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