Las Terrazas del Pisque

Ecuador - Quito - Terrazas del Pisque - Blend - Natural

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About this coffee

The best way to integrate coffee trees into a forest? By creating the forest yourself. Las Terrazas del Pisque is a farm in the middle of the desert, a complete ecosystem created from scratch in the middle of an arid desert zone.

This farm is the work of Arnaud Causse, whom you may know from Belco as Director of Transition. But Arnaud is also a singular producer, with a background as an agricultural engineer and many years of experience in the 4 corners of the world.

Here, you can taste the coffee from this exceptional farm in the natural process. Arnaud's natural coffees dry all day in the sun, before being put under cover every evening, for 3 to 4 weeks.

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Origin
Ecuador
region
Pichincha
terroir
Quito
Farm
Las Terrazas del Pisque
Producer
Arnaud Causse
Species
Arabica
Variety
Blend
Process
Natural
Drying
Drying beds
Packaging
25kg - Sisal bags
Altitude
2000
Area
40 hectares
Harvest period
May - October
Type of harvest
Manual

The farm Las Terrazas del Pisque

Las Terrazas del Pisque is a very special farm. Its owner, Arnaud Causse, has grown a forest in the middle of the desert to plant his coffee trees.

Located on the Pacific side of the Andes, Las Terrazas del Pisque relies on the 25 species of trees (ingas, acacias, lemon trees, avocado trees, etc.) planted by Arnaud to provide shade.

Arnaud uses no pesticides and treats his coffee trees with tagetes, lavender and rosemary essential oils that he produces himself. Las Terrazas is a veritable micro-ecosystem. Melliferous plants such as tagetes, lemon balm, oregano and lavender are used both to produce essential oils and to attract bees for honey production.

Legumes supply the farm and also fix nitrogen in the soil. As for the fruit trees, they provide an ideal habitat for birds, which in return eat the fruit fly larvae. The farm is managed on a day-to-day basis by Wilson, an agricultural engineer with a strong sense of sustainable agriculture.

Total number of hectares
40
Number of hectares cultivated
15
Altitude
1700-2100
Environment
Mountainous
Shady
Under shade
Agroforestry level
2 - Complex

Meet Arnaud Causse

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A few words about Arnaud Causse

Arnaud Causse is first and foremost a man of challenges. For several decades, his passion for coffee has taken our travelling agronomist to the 4 corners of the world: Kenya, Costa Rica, Gabon, etc. He has also developed projects in El Salvador and the Galapagos Islands. He has also developed projects in El Salvador and the Galapagos Islands.

Immersed in the quest for excellence, he set up the Las Tolas farm, planting coffee trees in the heart of a natural forest. Then, after a spell in the Dominican Republic in Colombia and Peru, still working on coffee, Arnaud returned to Ecuador and founded Las Terrazas del Pisque, a farm in the middle of the desert.