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Luis Alberto Balladarez
Specs
Producer Luis Alberto Balladarez
Farm Finca La Bendicion
Region Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua
Harvest Spring 2025
Varieties Pacamara
Process Honey
Altitude 1,500 masl
Importer The Coffee Quest
Luis Alberto Balladarez
Producer Profile
In our fifth year working with coffee from Luis Alberto's farms in Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua, we selected two Pacamara lots from his Finca La Bendicion. With 42 hectares of planted coffee at la Bendicion, Luis grows many varieties, including Caturra, Catuai, Maracaturra, Villa Sarchi, and more. This particular lot is a smaller screen size separation, hence the name "small beans." Luis produces washed, honey, and natural lots, all processed at his Benificio Las Segovias, where he dries his coffee carefully, and slowly on covered drying beds. In this case, the coffee was floated, de-pulped and then immediately taken to the beneficio, where it was dried for 21 to 25 days.
Brewing Luis Alberto's Honey Pacamara
Recommended Use: FILTER
Where to Grind: Start at a medium-coarse setting within our recommended grind range*
*Refer to our Grind & Brew Guide for recipes and grind setting ranges tailored to specific grinders and brewers.
For best results we recommend resting your filter coffee for two to three weeks post-roast before brewing.
Nueva Segovia
Nueva Segovia is one of only five coffee growing regions in Nicaragua, all of which are located close together in the northern reaches of the country. Neuva Segovia enjoys relatively high altitudes for Nicaragua, which help insulate it from the suboptimal weather and heat that predominate in the country's lower altitude regions.
Pacamara
A hybrid of Maragogype and Pacas originating in El Salvador. Pedigree selection has never been finalized and as such the variety is not stable from generation to generation. Nonetheless, Pacamara - known for its large seed size and exceptional quality potential - consistently dominates Cup of Excellence competitions. Unfortunately, Pacamara is highly susceptible to Coffee Leaf Rust.
Honey
The coffee was floated, de-pulped and then immediately taken to the beneficio, where it was dried for 21 to 25 days.
Transparency
IMPORTER | The Coffee Quest |
FARMGATE PRICINGWhat's this?FOB: "Freight on board," usually the price paid to the coffee exporter for coffee ready to ship. This includes price paid to the producer as well as milling, warehousing and transportation costs plus any intermediaries' fees and export costs. Farmgate: the price paid by the exporter or other buyer to the producer or producer organization. | $3.85 USD per lb |
FOB PRICING | $4.25 USD per lb |
SUBTEXT PAID | $5.77 USD per lb including 10% "reciprocal" tariff on Nicaraguan imports to the US. * This coffee entered the US before being imported to Canada. |
LOT SIZE | Total lt size of 345 kg. Subtext purchaed 138 kg. |
RELATIONSHIP LENGTH | Quest has been working with Luis Alberto for seven years and this is the fifth year we have purchased his coffee. |
QUALITY | Subtext cupping score of 86.25 |