Finca Un Regalo De Dios • Nicaragua

This is our fifth year purchasing coffee from Luis Alberto Balladarez, via our friends at The Coffee Quest Importers. Luis Alberto Balladarez is a fourth generation coffee producer, agronomist engineer, and an expert in post-harvest processing. He is, by many accounts, one of the most talented and consistent coffee producers in Nicaragua (if not globally!). Luis has also received many awards for his work, achieving two first place finishes in Nicaragua’s Cup of Excellence Competition in 2018 and 2020 and multiple top ten placements going back to 2010. This coffee comes from Finca Un Regalo de Dios in the Dipilto-Jalapa mountain range of Nueva Segovia in northern Nicaragua (where Luis has multiple farms). Un Regalo de Dios, meaning “A Gift from God,” is Luis’ pride and joy: located in a lush forest protected on three sides by high mountains, the microclimate at this farm is nothing short of a miracle. The loose, sandy soil with rich humus (an organic and crucial component of topsoil), optimal yearly rainfall, diverse ecosystem of fauna and flora, and abundant trees to provide shade result in extraordinary coffee. First and foremost, we chose this coffee continue our buying relationship with Luis Alberto. We also want to continue highlighting the amazing output from Luis and his farms in Nicaragua. This coffee has a soft, full bodied mouthfeel with sweet notes of a milky dulce de leche, chocolate and assorted fruits like orange and berries.