Finca Rosita Java, Bolivia
Finca Rosita Java, Bolivia
Finca Rosita covers 32 hectares, solely dedicated to coffee cultivation. The farm is named in honor of the family matriarch, Rosa Angelica Aramayo. What differentiates Bolivian coffees from other growing regions is The uniqueness of the Andean terrain. During harvest season, producers are working around the clock to sell cherry and transport it to collection stations within Caranavi.
ORIGIN Caranavi, Bolivia
COMMUNITY Illimani
VARIETY Java
Genetic fingerprinting of molecular markers has revealed that Java is a selection from an Ethiopian landrace population called Abysinia. It was introduced to Costa Rica in 1991 to provide options for smallholders using low inputs. As indicated by the name, the variety was introduced to the island of Java directly from Ethiopia by the Dutch in the early 19th century. (WCR)
PROCESS Washed
Our flavor notes: Honey graham, blood orange, chamomile
Net Wt. 12oz / 340g
100% SPECIALTY GRADE ARABICA COFFEE
ROASTED AND PACKED AT HEARTWOOD ROASTERY, CHAGRIN FALLS, OH
Finca Rosita is located in the Illimani community in the gorgeous region of Caranavi, Bolivia. The farm covers 32 hectares, solely dedicated to coffee cultivation. Finca Rosita grows a variety of coffee varieties, including Java, Catuai, Geisha, Typica, and Pink Bourbon, all carefully tended under ideal conditions provided by the farm and its microclimate. The farm is named in honor of the memory of the matriarch of the Valverde-Aramayo family, Rosa Angelica Aramayo. The vegetation changes rapidly, from large plantations of potatoes and quinoa to many hectares of coffee, plantain, yucca and others. These and other peculiarities of the Andean terrain create the complexity and differentiation of the Bolivian coffee. Caranavi became known for coffee production in the 1960’s, following Bolivia’s agricultural reform, and coffee exporting peaked in the 1990’s with heavy investment and interest from the private sector. Throughout the 90’s, coffee production was focused on volume over quality. In the early aughts, significant investments were made by international development agencies, including the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to focus on the production of quality coffee as an alternative to coca production. Funds were directed toward coffee infrastructure such as processing plants, producers received training on Good Agricultural Practices, and coffee production became much more technified and developed. Most of these agencies are no longer operating in Caranavi, although the German development agency GIZ and some Northern European non-profit agencies and foundations continue to work with coffee producers. More recently, the Municipality of Caranavi and Bolivia’s central government have invested to incentivize coffee production through coffee quality competitions, and the Ministry of Rural Development also had a seedling program, referred to as “El Programa,” which sold coffee seedlings at heavily subsidized rates to encourage coffee production.
This lot was imported by Red Fox Coffee Merchants