The Finer Details

Say Hello To Martha Luz Carmelo

Ten years ago, Martha made the decision to take over the farm, due to her father’s age. Previously, they had pine trees planted, so she decided to change those crops and start growing coffee. She was doing the respective maintenance and fertilisation of the trees, and thanks to this, was able to obtain good productions of very good qualities.

This allowed Martha to get good income, which she used to expand the coffee area and improve the wet mill process. During the harvest season, her family are very busy, however but really enjoy working with coffee. Currently, she lives very happily on the farm with her parents and daughter.

Every coffee tree is cleaned with scythe or knife bush, 4 or 5 times a year, depending on the rainy season. Cherries are picked every 4 weeks and when it has a deep dark red colour. Cherries are pulped at the end of the day and placed in cement tanks for 44 hours.After fermentation, coffee is washed and then the coffee is moved 4 times a day and the temperature is regulated by opening and closing the side curtains, to avoid an uneven drying.