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La Candelilla
San Marcos

About

La Candelilla Estate farm is in La Sabana, at the south bank of the Pirris River, approximately 1.2 miles (2 km) west from the center of San Marcos de Tarrazú, is set on a rise of land between the roaring Pirris River and a small creek. It is a quiet, open land between 1500-1600 meters (4921-5249 feet) above sea level and away the heavily traveled road from San Marcos to San Lorenzo. La Candelilla Estate Farm is a family business where the nine brothers and sisters produce coffee on isolated plots. The Sánchez Family has two varieties of coffee trees in the farm: Caturra and Catuai, although some of the old Arábigo trees still remain, and only the ripe coffee cherries are hand-picked, processed, completely sun-dried, and graded in the old Tarrazú methods. Once at the receiving station, a depulper removes the outer skin from the seeds. Then, a cylinder called ¨criba¨ classifies the seeds in tow groups the first quality and second quality.The first quality is washed with a machine and then goes directly to the patios and african beds. The second quality goes to the fermentation tanks. The washing channel removes the mucilage from the seeds and further classifies them.The coffee beans are then transported to patios or traditional drying decks for 100% Sun drying. Members of the Sánchez Family constantly turn the coffee over using wooden paddles or their bare hands. The parchment coffee is then transported to the warehouse were it rests for a period of time until it is run through a huller. The green coffee is then carefully sorted to remove any defects.

The farm in detail

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La CandelillaSan Marcos

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The farm in detail

Region Tarrazu

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La Candelilla
San Marcos

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