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2007 Nicaragua Cup of Excellence® Winning Farms - Auction June 6, 2007
Lot#: 8 Gregorio Hernández - El Sauce
Gregorio Hernández Gregorio Hernández Gregorio Hernández
“El Sauce” Estate, Jinotega

Gregorio Hernández

He was a worker of the same farm where he works now. But during the Sandinista revolution he was benefited with an agrarian reform deed and since then he has struggle to make his farm an opportunity for development.

Gregorio Hernández is the owner of a modest farm. Here he grows one of the 8 best coffees of the country. Together with his wife he feels very proud that his children are studying high school in Jinotega and that they share a common good to guarantee their future.

“Coffee is the ideal source that we small producers have to come out of poverty... Thanks to God and the cooperative, we are a group of peasants ready to move forward” this is the clean expression of Don Goyo, as many know him.

“This time.... (Thanks to the “cup of excellence”) our efforts are being compensated with better prices that we will obtain during the international bid. This will allow us to direct the resources to our lands and to improve the conditions of my workers”

El Sauce belongs to a cooperative of small coffee producers. They have technical assistance and financing from “Soppexcca RL” (a financial organization) that has branches in Jinotega and its counties.


Property Characteristics: Coffee Characteristics:
Farm: El Sauce
Farmer: Gregorio Hernández
Rank: 8
City: Jinotega
Region: Jinotega
Country: Nicaragua
Farm Size: 12.00 Hectares
Coffee growing area: 7.00 Hectares
Altitude: 1100 masl
Certification: None
Variety: Caturra
Processing System: Washed and sun dried
Lot Size: 16 bags
International Jury Score: 89.08
Cupping Number #: 1139
Price: 6.00 USD
Winning Bidder: Kaffebrenneriet AS (Norway)
Jury Descriptions: floral (12), cocoa (4), dark ripe red fruit (12), long finish (12), syrup and molasses (12), crisp acidity (17), long sweet aftertaste (12), sweet sparkling tropical fruits (7), balanced (5), sweet honey caramel, chocolate, rich, bright , orange, lemon-like, apricot, plum, cherry
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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