Our Dry Mill
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Beneficio de Cafe Santa Lucila is our family’s dry mill and it was the first wet/dry mill in the Nueva Segovia region, established in 1960. It is owned and operated by the Paguaga family. Having our operations tightly integrated enables us to have full control over the production cycle until the coffee is exported.
Expertise & Training
Although the majority of our team has many years of experience, we provide continuous training to ensure well-established processes are being implemented and a commitment to quality is instilled in every team member.
Quality Control
We have a fully equipped cupping lab where we can closely monitor coffee quality and identify exceptional lots. We perform daily cupping and cup each micro lot at various stages until it is exported. All of our micro lots are stored in GrainPro bags to maintain that exceptional quality.
Traceability
Our coffee is processed, dried and stored separately which means we can trace it back to the specific farm. Meticulous lot separation allows us to manage and classify exceptional coffees divided into micro lots all the way through export.
Transparency
We control and monitor our coffee from origin, through importation, all the way to the retailer, providing transparency and quality assurance through the entire supply chain "from seed to cup".
Certifications
Organic Fair Trade International, certified by OCIA and FLOCERT
Partnering with Other Farms - We partner with other farmers in the region by processing coffee in our dry mill, providing technical and operational know-how, financial assistance, and education on quality control while bringing their coffees to the international markets. Multiple of our partner farms have come to receive international recognitions from the Specialty Coffee Association (Cup of Excellence) and from the Coffee Review, read some here.
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