Finca El Poste is owned and farmed by the husband and wife team of Guillermo Ayestas and his wife Rosa Lopez. They have faced a lot of troubles in recent times but they keep bouncing back! From having a bank put their farm up for auction to service debts, to having hurricane Mitch pass through the farm in 1998 leaving only destruction in its path.
In 2012 the farm was stuck with a really bad case of coffee leaf rust, leaving Guillermo no choice but to clear out all his coffee trees and start again. His determination and passion for coffee carried him through hard times again.
This washed red Catuai lot grabbed our attention the first time we tasted it. Refined and sweet with bundles of dried fruit that we tasted as sultans when the coffee was hot and which turned into dried cranberries as the coffee cooled. Loads of cocoa notes are there too, along with a lovely, crisp, green apple acidity. An all round great cup of coffee!
