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Overview

Martha Ojeda Mamani, has worked in coffee production in the colony Loayza (in Santa Fe County) for eight years. She named her coffee “Cafe Flor Rosa” because that is her daughter’s name. When she heard her name in the list of winners of the 2009 Cup of Excellence, she was very excited, even though last year she had a higher place. She has four children, two of whom are in university, and she works their lots for them, as well as working as a cook in the Hospital in Caranavi. She remembers that a few years ago, coffee was not a very profitable field and that she was so disappointed about the price of coffee that they left their plantations for some time. Years later, she has returned to this activity with her husband and plans to buy more land for coffee production. She thanks all of the national and international tasters for all of their efforts in the Cup of Excellence and for coming from their countries so far away to taste her coffee. In spite of winning 29th place, she is happy. But she is sad because she wishes that the prizes would be divided. She wishes that every producer who participates could receive some incentive. Above all, she is thankful to God because, in spite of earning nearly last place, she thinks that it all depends on the factor of luck and that above all, the efforts to harvest only and exclusively red cherries or plums.