Finca Irlanda

Finca Irlanda, in Chiapas, is the first biodynamic coffee farm in the world. The Finca Irlanda cascara on offer is certified Organic and Demeter, guaranteeing a pesticide-free cascara!

This is a natural coffee cascara. To obtain it, you need to wait for the coffee to dry completely. Once dry, after the cherries have been hulled, the hull is passed through a column of air, whose blast separates the cascara from the remaining parchment by density.

We are lucky enough to be able to offer you some of this cascara for drinking. Another part remains on the farm and is used to nourish the soil of Finca Irlanda's other crops (coffee, cocoa, vanilla, turmeric, etc.) in a completely natural way. A real virtuous circle!

The Finca Irlanda is located in the region of Chiapas, Soconusco terroir. Walter Peters initiated a new mode of production in the 1960s, organic and biodynamic production based on respect for living organisms, the development of animal and plant species in the region. Today, it is run by his son Alex, although Walter Peters still looks after the coffee trees with the same passion.

The farm is located at 1090 meters of altitude on 270 hectares of production and 50 of nature reserve. The cultivated varieties are maragogype, bourbon, caturra, catuai, geisha. The reserve is a real sanctuary, there are more than 50 species of trees, 200 birds, 800 plants, 87 spiders and 80 ants.

A foundation named Peters IAP has been created. It works to develop the medical and educational aspects of the area, it offers accommodation and free meals to the community.

Walter Peters, with Finca Irlanda in Chiapas, is a pioneer of biodynamic farming. Finca Irlanda, which is now run by his son Alex but where he still spends a great deal of time producing coffee, was the first farm to be certified Demeter, at the end of the 1960s. In 1967, he was responsible for the first export of organic and biodynamic coffee to Europe.