Nicaragua Ojo de Agua

Ojo de Agua is a farm managed by the folks at Cafetalera Buenos Aires, one of Sweet Maria's main suppliers of Nicaraguan coffee for many years now. Each farm they have is a sight to behold. All of their farms are planted beneath a dense forest canopy. Walking the farm, it's apparent that the coffee plants are well-managed, and with clear segregation of the different cultivars they grow (Caturra, Java, and Maracaturra mostly), making the harvesting specific plants quite easy for farm workers. This lot is all Caturra, a mutation of Bourbon that occurred in Brazil in the mid 1930s, but was planted in South and Central America mostly in the 1950s. Ojo de Agua sits at roughly 1500 meters above sea level, a moderately high altitude for Nicaragua. The shade canopy really helps to slow the rate of cherry maturation too, increasing seed density, and ultimately, leading to a higher probability of sweetness and acidity in the cup.