Finca Las Nieves offers one coffee...ours.
One of the finest in the world !
We are incredibly fortunate in the natural conditions that exist at the beautiful Finca Las Nieves. Starting from the ground up, we have rich volcanic soil, watered by streams so pure that one can drink from them. The coffee grows under original old growth canopy, which shelters an astonishing variety of birds. It is enhanced by abundant rainfall, and the mists of the Oaxacan cloud forest help the coffee cherries grow slowly, developing the most sought- after hard bean. The cooling breezes from the Pacific ocean create a perfect growing temperature. And the altitude, between 4, 00 and 5, 000 feet, is simply ideal for the finest altura coffee.
We do our part by providing completely organic, bio-dynamic assistance to our coffee plants.
We plant, prune and harvest according to the phases of the moon...old wisdom that holds true today.
All our cherries are hand picked, and very selectively, so that only the ripest cherries are chosen.
After picking the cherries, they are carefully de-pulped, and fermented...and then sun dried on raised, ventilated beds, for the most perfectly dried and undamaged coffee beans.
These marvelous conditions of nature, and our great care in artesanal production, have resulted in a unique and truly superb estate coffee...one that we are very proud to offer.
Our mission is to provide you with only the freshest, organic, shade grown, bird friendly, altura coffee from Finca Las Nieves.
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Our Formula for an Ultra Premium Cup of Coffee
1. Start with organic, shade grown coffee cherries that are grown at an altitude of at least 1200 meters (3,397 feet).
2. Use only the ripest, hand picked cherries which have been sun dried and properly stored with an 11 or 12% moisture content.
3. Beans must be carefully roasted at temperatures high enough to carmelize the sugar within the bean.
4. Roasted beans must be hermetically sealed and properly stored to insure freshness.
5. The very best flavors from a coffee bean are available within 24 hours of roasting if properly sealed and stored.
6. The fresh roasted coffee beans should be ground at the time of consumption as ground coffee will lose it's freshness within four hours.
7. Storing your coffee beans: Roasted beans are best stored in in the original, zip locked, aluminized mylar bag or by tightly folding the bag several turns, then folding over the wire-tie. Finally, gently squeeze out the air that was allowed to enter the bag when it was opened, taking care not to crush the one-way valve or to force out the air too quickly and damaging the valve. You will notice that the deflated bag will slowly start expanding from the CO2 which is released from fresh coffee beans. This CO2 buildup should NOT be expelled, as CO2 is somewhat inert, and will keep the beans fresher longer, when compared to Air containing more oxygen.
Fresh beans may be kept at the coolest room temperatures available for the first 2 weeks. For longer term storage, place the coffee beans in the freezer. This way no condensation will occur as you pull out only what you need. After freezer storage, it is important that you do not leave the beans at room temperature and re-freeze as condensation will break down the beans and accelerate aging