Salvador
Falla Santos founded San Sebastián farm in 1890 and
it is now managed by Estuardo Falla Castillo, the fourth
generation.
Ever since, San Sebastián farm has cultivated
one of the most acknowledged brands of Antigua coffee. It
has also utilized vanguard technology techniques. Over a
hundred years, the farm has managed to produce consistently
quality coffee and one of the best in the world. Its quality
controls include a cupping lab for analyzing every lot that
is harvested. Coffee is 100% sun dried and hand picked. The
farm has a traditional wet and dry mill and patios to dry
the coffee.
What proves its consistent quality? In 1900,
the farm won a gold medal in the First Agriculture Contest;
in 1904 it won a silver medal in the National Exposition
of September ; next year, in the same contest, it won the
gold medal; in 1942, it won Mill and Quality Coffee, Quality
Coffee of the Central Zone and in 1968 Anacafé awarded
it Quality Cup (above 4,000 Feet), and recently, in 2002
and 2007 it was awarded with the prestige Cup of Excellence.
The farm is certified with Coffee Practices.
The farm was
also part of the Soil Study of Antigua Region, by the Antigua
Coffee Growers Association, APCA (by its Spanish meaning).
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