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2009 Honduras Cup of Excellence® Winning Farms - Auction June 23, 2009
Lot#: 3 Teodoro Amaya Montoya - El Manzano
Overview

Technologies used?
A conventional caficulture practices with a nutrient directed plan, soil analysis and growth under shade, manual weed control, pruning and shade regulation. Describe the production process of your coffee. It starts with manual weed control, tissue management(selective pruning), fertilize based on soil analysis and applied granularly in June and August, pest and disease control , conditioning of milling process, crop preparation for the coffee cherry , supervision during coffee harvesting, supervision of the wet and dry milling until storage

How do you control the pests?
We implement an integrated pest management, primarily of cultural practices like: pruning of coffee fields, control of undergrowths, regulation of shade, harvesting , repel, he re-sows of new plants where it has lost and use of handcrafted traps for the control of the coffee borer beetle .

How and when do you cultivate your coffee?
The crop is done in a collective way, with local workforce, cutting only the very ripe coffee and benefiting it at once beginning, harvesting in January and ending at the end of April, the coffee collected by the pickers is measured in tins for control.

How long do you leave the coffee fermenting?
24 hours

How do you dry your coffee?
It is dried in a concrete patio "How do you transport the grain to the exporter or to the benefit and how long does it take? The coffee is transported of the wet mill located in Cedritos to the house in Santiago (13 km) were it is placed to dry immediately, taking an average of 3 days to dry." "Describe your efforts / methodologies to support and to improve the quality of your) coffee? Growing coffee under shade and a productive variety (catuai) under a nutrition plan based on soil analysis, manual weed control and plant renewal."

Property Characteristics: Coffee Characteristics:
Farm: El Manzano
Farmer: Teodoro Amaya Montoya
Rank: 3
City: Cedritos
Region: La Paz
Country: Honduras
Farm Size: 6.00 Hectares
Coffee growing area: 6.00 Hectares
Altitude: 1500 masl
Certification: None
Variety: Catuaí
Processing System: Wet mill and sun dried in patios
Lot Size: 30 boxes
Pounds: 2,282.00
International Jury Score: 89.27
Cupping Number #: 940
Price: 8.60 USD
Winning Bidder: 49th Parallel Roasters Inc.
Top Jury Descriptions: aroma/flavor: raisin, apple, brown sugar, strawberry, caramel, tea rose; acidity: citric, grape-like, tangy, clean on and off, fresh, transparent; other notes: pleasant, dry aftertaste, very clean ; notably sweet, silky, smooth

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