The fully washed processing is traditional washed de-pulped cherries which are washed with
clean, fresh water and fermented for 24 hours before being dried on patios. Rainfall is
approximately about 1,200 mm or 47 inches per year.
Don Victor Calderon is the owner of Finca La Pia and implements a variety of very interesting
cultivation techniques. Along similar lines of thought to âdry farmsâ or ânatural winesâ in the wine
industry, Don Victor believes that the coffee plants should receive as little input as possible and
uses only natural or organic methods to manage the plant health. Unlike many coffee farms
around the world, Don Victor does not feed trees with fertilizers and instead uses a California
red worm compost, manure and nitrogen fixating plants to keep the soil healthy. To manage the
coffee leaf rust, âla royaâ, Victor does not use typical sprays but instead applies bentonite clay,
which is found naturally in the soil on the farm, on to the coffee leaves. This practice,...