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Department: SANTA BARBARA
Municipaality SANTA BARBARA Village: El Cielito
Total Area of the Farm: 31.5
Hectare Area Cultivated with Coffee: 31.5 Hectare
Height 1400 masl
Variety/ of Farming: (Can be more then one) Caturra , Típica, Pacas, Villa Sarchí, Borbon, and Pacamara
Certifications: Rain Forest
Annual Total production Volume (Bags/ Green coffee): 380
Producer Data *
Full Name: Nelson Ramirez Rosa
Age: 40 Years Civil Status: Married
Telephone #: Cel #: +504 9511-1492
Email: (if you do not have, can be family member´s ) [email protected]
# of generation as a producer of coffee _______3rd
Family Data
Name of the Husband/Wife Ligia Torrez Ardon 35
Name of the children Age
1 Nelson Ramírez 9
2 Diego Ramírez 13
3 Mariana Ramírez 5
Participant Lot Data
Lot size (Bags of Green coffee): * 6
Characteristics
Height of the Farm (origin of the COE lot): * 1500 masl
Certifications:* NO
Variety of coffee from the participating lot: * Catuaí and Pacas
Types of trees GUAMAS
Period of harvest (months): *__3 MONTHS__________
Age of the farm where the lot was obtained for COE in Years *_______7 Years
Type of Drying: * Solar
Type of milling: * Wet
Type of water source for milling: River
Other Important Information
Tell us briefly, how you start in the coffee business:
Family Tradition.
What did you do to make the participating lot special?
Improve the variety of coffee through the fermentation process

What have you done to improve the quality of your coffee?
Harvest: Red Grape, optimal cutting point
Wet mill: Fermentation pits
Drying process: Solar dryer

Do you have the milling equipment inside your farm? yes
What means of transport do you use to move the coffee? Own vehicle
How do you market your coffee regularly? Direct Buyers.
Do you carry out any special activity to preserve the soil on your farm? Custom fertilization, live barriers
Have you previously participated in the Cup of Excellence? YES
How many years: 4 YEARS
Classified for the International Week YES
Have you attended any International Fair? No
Do you have experience in the preparation of micro-lots? YES
Do you carry out periodic evaluations of coffee quality? YES
If your answer was YES, briefly describe your process. (As he does, with whom he does it)
We do cuppings of every micro lot
Have you made contracts with international buyers? YES
If your answer was YES, with whom and for how long and how did you contact that buyer?
1 The Collaborative San Vicente.
2.- Time Coffee San Vicente
3- Coava Coffee San Vicente
Was your farm affected by Roya? yes
What activities do you do to control the fungus? Good management
What other problems do you face on your farm? Obtaining cutters
* Optional: Could you share what your dreams-goals-objectives are?
Win the COE contest