Doña Maria - Filter from Nicaragua

Doña Maria - Coffee Info

How we brew this coffee with: Hario Switch

Water: Total hardness 3°dH, alkalinity 1.5°dH
Grinder: Kinu M47 Classic
Dripper: Hario Switch
Filter Paper: Hario V60 Paper
Kettle: Brewista Artisan

Why does this coffee taste the way it does?

Doña Maria's farm is located at 1,300 meters elevation in Dipilto and spans one manzana, or 0.7 hectares. She has spent her entire life on the farm and has tended to Finca La Ciruela accordingly. At this elevation, they experience plenty of morning fog and clouds that settle along their hillside, ensuring constant moisture for the coffee trees. The slow growth results in dense beans and a juicy, delicate, yet clear acidity with plenty of sweetness. The washed post-harvest process intensifies these notes. Doña Maria's coffees are very well sorted and exemplify how precise hand work has a direct impact on taste.

Tell me more about Doña Maria

In February 2023, Claudia calls us and says she's now working with Doña Maria and wants to help her access a new market. Would we want her coffee? Without knowing how it tastes, we said yes. Doña Maria had never been able to sell her coffee directly; for over forty years her coffee was mixed into blends. And when Claudia senses that this could be a longer-term story, we believe her. In 2023 we purchased half of her harvest, and in 2024 and 2025 we bought the entire volume.

How do we roast this coffee?

As a 12.5kg batch on our 30kg roaster. We roast the coffee through in 9:04, with a development time of 36 seconds. At 4:40 minutes we reduce the gas supply a bit before we significantly turn down the heat at 6 minutes and then bring the coffee through first crack at a moderate pace.

Shipping also available via Coffee Letter

All our coffees can be ordered in the form of a Coffee Letter. It's treated like a regular letter and arrives in your mailbox. This reduces the postage for 250g of coffee from 7 to 2.5 francs. At checkout you can choose between the options Coffee Letter, A-Post, and B-Post.

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