Nicaragua Entre Rios

About This Coffee

Central America is in full swing here, and Alberto Ramos and his farm, Finca Entre Rios, make their return to Huck! Entre Rios should be a familiar name in our lineup, but keep your eyes peeled - this is only the first Nicaragua we’ll roast and brew this season. Alberto named his farm Finca Entre Rios because it sits between the San Francisco, San Isidro, and Margaritozo rivers. And while he's been farming his father's land since his teens, he didn’t purchase his own land until 2007. Nicaragua is a bit of a weird origin, where it's common practice to wash coffee on-farm, then deliver wet coffee to a central drying facility. In most other countries, it's more common to deliver coffee in cherry on the day of picking, or fully washed and dried. Cherry or dried parchment tends to be a bit easier to control, and in many Nicaraguan drying facilities/purchasing stations, there's a big risk that coffee will sit wet too long before drying, developing defects. Puma Coffees, a relatively new company formed by Manuel Rosales, handles the drying and logistics, making it possible to roast Alberto's tasty goods here in Denver. Over the past few years, we’ve been happy to roast more, and better coffee from within the Puma network. Entre Rios was the coffee that brought us to Puma, but coffees from the network are an important part of our Civitas dark roast, and we’ll also roast some delicious coffees from the Montenegro family soon! Alberto's coffee packs plenty of traditional flavors, but also has some lovely fruit in the cup. We're tasting milk-friendly macadamia and cocoa, a subtle touch of citrus, and pear and black cherry fruit notes to make this everyday drinker a bit more interesting.