Nicaragua 2011 COE Runner-Up | Los Congos Estate SHB Washed Coffee from San Fernando Region

2011 Nicaragua COE Runner-up | Los Congos Estate SHB Washed Coffee from San Fernando Region Flavor Profile

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Los Congos Estate is located in the small town of San Fernando in Nueva Segovia province, northwestern Nicaragua, very close to the Honduras border. The altitude here is exceptionally high, averaging over 1500 meters, making it particularly distinctive compared to other regions like Matagalpa and Jinotega.

It is precisely these special terroir conditions that have created its high-level coffee flavor characteristics. In recent years, the Pacamara variety (developed in 1957 by Salvadoran coffee researchers through a hybrid of Maragogipe and Pacas) has become popular for its bright fruit acidity and solid texture, achieving excellent results in Cup of Excellence competitions. Rene Martin works as a farm worker at local coffee estates and is also responsible for coffee bean transactions with foreign green bean traders. His father, Jose Rene, is the owner of Los Congos Estate, where he has planted over 70% Pacamara variety coffee trees on this small 32-hectare farm.

Los Congos Estate is located in the small town of San Fernando in Nueva Segovia province, northwestern Nicaragua, very close to the Honduras border. The altitude here is exceptionally high, averaging over 1500 meters, making it particularly distinctive compared to other regions like Matagalpa and Jinotega. These special terroir conditions have created its high-level coffee flavor characteristics (across these towering mountains, Honduras also produces its finest green coffee beans). In recent years, the Pacamara variety (developed in 1957 by Salvadoran coffee researchers through a hybrid of Maragogipe and Pacas) has become popular for its bright fruit acidity and solid texture, achieving excellent results in Cup of Excellence competitions.

Rene Martin works as a farm worker at local coffee estates and is also responsible for coffee bean transactions with foreign green bean traders. His father, Jose Rene, is the owner of Los Congos Estate, where he has planted over 70% Pacamara variety coffee trees on this small 32-hectare farm. These unique tree varieties from El Salvador not only possess cold resistance for high-altitude growth but also have sufficient productive yields. Combining the large bean size of Maragogype with the complex flavor of Pacas, they firmly occupy a place in the fiercely competitive Central American coffee market.

Cupping Notes

Complex and captivating aroma, rich and juicy strawberries, passion fruit, with beautiful lemon acidity. Juicy, clean, with strong sweet fragrance, sugarcane sweetness.

In 2011, the estate won the honor of Cup of Excellence runner-up, with a cupping score as high as 89.8 points.

Coffee Details

Region: San Fernando, Nueva Segovia

Producer: Rene Martin

Grade: SHB

Processing: Fully washed and sun dried

Variety: Pacamara

Altitude: 1550 meters

Harvest Period: November to end of March annually

FrontStreet Coffee's Recommended Brewing Method

Dripper: Hario V60

Water Temperature: 90°C

Grind Size: Fuji Royal Rancilio 3.5

Brewing Technique: Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, using 15g of coffee grounds. First infusion with 25g water for 25-second bloom. Second infusion to 120g, then pause. Wait until the water level in the coffee bed drops to halfway, then continue pouring slowly until reaching 225g total water. Extraction time approximately 2:00.

Analysis: Using a three-stage brewing method to clearly express the front, middle, and back-end flavor characteristics of the coffee. Because the V60 has many ribs and faster drainage speed, pausing during pouring can extend the extraction time.

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