Hacienda Cincinnati is new coffee and new region for Café Imports’ offerings, coming from a unique growing region in the North of Colombia called Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Click here to read a blog post by CI founder Andrew Miller on Hacienda Cincinnati and how we crossed paths with thisgreat coffee.
Hacienda Cincinnati is located within a special biogeographic framework within the Andean tropical rainforest, with more than 20 water sources.
Dry season from December to March
Average annual rainfall 2,800 mm (April – December)
Ambient temperature range 15º - 26ºC
At present, 155 hectares are managed organically for shade grown coffee, corresponding to 20% of the area of the property
Coffee trees are planted at different altitudes from 1,050 to 1,700 meters (3,450-5,580 ft) AMSL
The coffee varieties are planted at different altitudes:
CATURRA (1,070 to 1,350 m)
MOCHA (1,100 to 1,300 m)
BOURBON (1,100 to 1,300 m)
GEISHA (1,300 to 1,600 m)
CASTILLO (1,300 to 1,500 m)
ANCIENT VARIETIES (t ypica, casturra, Bourbon)(1,050 to 1,400 m)
For the first time, specialty coffee cherries from Geisha and Mocha varieties, planted in 2011, will be harvested in 2014-2015 picking season.
The Hacienda has arranged its first quality lab to guarantee the best cup of coffee for the 2014-2015 harvest, This facility is completely provided with all professional equipment for the coffee laboratory
Coffee is fermented in ceramic tanks and subsequently washed with natural water originating in the spring’s mountains farm
After coffee is washed, it is naturally pre-dried and stored at the processing center under the best conditions of ventilation In addition to primary natural drying process, coffee is finally dried in silos
Since 2012 warehouse were improved to control humidity and guarantee coffee quality
History:
Hacienda Cincinatti was founded in 1898 by US electrical engineer Mr. Orlando Lincoln Flye, in 1901 the first coffee exports were carried out, and in 1902 the construction of the family home called “la Casa Grande” was completed. By 1920, Hacienda Cincinnati became the most productive coffee plantation in the Colombian Caribbean region, with 500 thousand Arabica coffee tress planted by 1925.
In 1964 The National Agricultural Society decorated Hacienda Cincinnati with the Grand Corss of the Oder of Agricultural Merit
In 1984 the Flye Salcedo family of Santa Marta (third generation producers) sold Hacienda Cincinnati
In 2010, the Hacienda was acquired by the Cincinnati Coffee Company, owned by the Díaz Granados Guida family of Santa Marta.
Some Facts about Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta:
Santa Marta is the first European settlement in Colombia and the oldest city in South America, founded in 1525.
The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta represents 1% of national territory, a mountain range where hundreds of rivers are born. It is a unique geographical landmark of the world
The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is home to the four remnants of the native American Tairona culture: Arhuacos, Wiwas, Koguis and Kankuamo
18% of the birds of the world live in Colombia, 35% of the total bird species in Colombia live in SNSM
