Only 17% of Nicaragua’s production corresponds to quality coffee, but the country could increase that to 30%.
Danilo Saavedra, operations manager at Funica, a foundation for agricultural technology, stated that “the problem lies after the harvest, where coffee loses quality because of bad procedures”.
These findings were included in a study conducted by Cafenica (Nicaraguan Small Coffee Growers Association), CIAT (International Center for Tropical Agriculture) and Funica.
Source: laprensa.com.ni
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April 2010
The Annual Fair of the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA), the most important in its field, will take place between April 15 and 18.
This event will be hosted by the city of Anaheim, California, and expects the participation of 8.000 coffee professionals.
Honduran coffee will be tasted by international buyers at a large stand, competing directly with the world’s best, stated Mario Ordóñez, from the Honduran Coffee Institute (Ihcafé).
January 2009
Businessmen from Japan and South Korean are visiting coffee plantations to the north of Managua and are interested in purchasing special or high quality coffee.
Sigloxxi.com published on its website that "They have come specifically to get to know the coffee that is harvested in Jinotega, that is, mainly the special coffee that is grown at higher altitudes and which have more acidity, a chocolate-like taste, and a floral aroma," said Claudia Castellon, from the committee organizing the business exchange.
September 2009
Coffee production this year will be greater than in 2008/09, when the country outputted 1.5 million quintals.
80% of the coffee production is sold abroad, the main markets being the U.S. and Europe, explained Horacio Rappacciolli, CEO of 'CISA Exportadora'.
"In fact Nicaragua, as an exporting country, consumes very little domestically, selling its grains to many markets, even though the largest destinations are United States and Europe, and to a lesser degree Asia", reported local newspaper El Nuevo Diario.
October 2009
The Japanese Specialty Coffee Association cataloged Costa Rican coffee as the world's highest quality.
This distinction was awarded at the International Coffee Fair in Tokyo, to which Icafé, the Costa Rican Coffee Institute, submitted several samples of its grains.
"Arnoldo Leiva, president of the Specialty Coffee Association of Costa Rica, highlighted the importance of the award, as the Japanese consumer currently has a better perception of the Guatemalan and Colombian coffee. In Japan, the Costa Rican grain had been used mostly as mix ingredient", reports Elfinancierocr.com.
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