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Coffee Feature:
Nicaragua Selva Negra
Shade Grown & Direct Farm Trade
Matagalpa, Nicaragua
In November 2008 Joe Van Gogh employees, Stephanie Calato (photo top left) and Sabrina Borst (photo top right), took a trip to the Selva Negra Estate.
Read on to learn about what they took away from their visit.
“It was such an amazing trip from the breath-taking views to the gracious people.
Mausi and Eddy truly care for the well-being of their workers and the quality of their practice.
As educators, they have a captivating enthusiasm for the history of coffee and innovative farming practices
(they won an SCAA Sustainability award for their eco-latrines!).
Watching how hard everyone works on the estate, and the care they put into their craft,
made me proud knowing we support people who are as passionate about their part in coffee as we are in ours.” — Stephanie
“I felt so lucky that I was able to visit the Selva Negra Estate.
Getting the chance to see the coffee cherry on the plant and witness it being picked and the pulp washed off offered a perspective not otherwise gained from making
drinks and drinking coffee everyday. Now I feel I am able to better appreciate coffee and its origin.
I love knowing, after seeing first hand, that the coffee we sell comes from a farm operated by such caring and innovative people that care as much growing and picking
the beans as we do roasting and sharing it with our customers.” — Sabrina
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