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Café Montecillos
.This coffee from Marcala , La Paz , is produced in the estates of Sir Dimas Antonio Claros Cardona , now he has 3 properties at a higher altitude to 1,350 meters above sea level where it produces about 750 qq green coffee . The process of this coffee is carried out in the so-called benefit: Coffee Processors Choacapa , also in Marcala, of which Mr. Dimas Claros is a partner ; have their own export license ( only export coffee green gold ) . The name of this cafe is because the range of hillocks located in the department of La Paz.
The village:
Marcala is a municipality in the department of La Paz and is located in the Midwestern region of the Republic of Honduras . It lies on a plain surrounded by mountains of the Sierra de slides , some 1,200 meters above sea level. Its height allows you to develop one of the best coffees in the country and the world , synonymous with outstanding quality and good taste. But there is something else that has this small town and becomes invaluable : their history .
Beginning:
Café slides has its beginnings since 1994 as a university project owner Mr Dimas Claros. From that year to date this project has been sustained and has maintained its quality.
Coffee quality :
This is a cultivated in harmony with the environment coffee , ie under a variety of shade , fruit , trees native to the area and planted orchards and shade. And being in an area of strict height plus the milling process make this coffee is a mild condition or quality, and exquisite aroma, fragrance, acidity, body , consistency are attributes which features coffee but if not known correctly process all these attributes are lost and make the coffee is not smooth , and its acidity deteriorates causing not pleasant reactions in both the palate and stomach who takes it . This coffee has that softness for being cafes washed scrolls, in a traditional system, ie pulped coffee a day , fermented between 15-20 hours and then washed and continue the process of drying and stored until the roasting time .
Personal :
Currently the draft hillocks coffee 64 people work : among them are permanent 11 and others are possible (time of harvest of grain for a period of 3-4 months). Of the eleven permanent employees seven are keeping farm and the other four in roasting , packaging and distribution