The dry mill or "Beneficio," as it is called in Spanish, is the plant where the coffee is sun-dried, spread out in concrete or well paved patios for some 10 to 12 days. Then the coffee is placed to rest in well ventilated warehouses for a period of 45 to 60 days until the beans' relative humidity is homogenized on the entire lot. This rest period, prior to de-hulling allows for the bean pores to close, which will give it great consistency and hardness that will enable its quality to last longer prior to and after its roasting.

 

1- They send needy people into unemployment, especially women who are the primary household sustainers in Latin American families.
2- The intensive mechanized processing potentially damages the quality of the coffee. In our effort to help small and medium coffee farmers, Esperanza Coffee is committed to paying fair trade prices for our producers coffees. We work with small producers associations such as "Aldea Global de Jinotega" (www.pagjino.org).

 

 Cup of Excellence

Esperanza Coffee, with its small producers associations (Aldea Global de Jinotega), was the First Place winner of the Cup of Excellence Contest for the years 2002 to 2005. We had five winning producers among the winning coffees out of a total of 385 participants. A panel of coffee experts from the main specialty roasting companies participated from USA, Europe, Japan, and other countries.