In Pueblo
Nuevo Viñas, within the Department of Santa Rosa,
perfectly located between two volcanoes the Tecuamburro and
Pacaya, and abreast the La Gavia mountain, Finca Santa Ana
is beautifully found. Rising to an altitude of 1770 meters
(5400 psnm) it is immersed in a damp, wet tropical forest
belonging to the Fraijanes Plateau Region.
Finca Santa Ana
holds within its boundaries a coffee plantation that covers
80 hectares of fertile soil, all belonging to the descendants
of Don Lizandro, a landowner and coffee grower since the
eighteenth century.
Don Lizandro inherited not only the tradition
of cultivating coffee, but also the family technique of conserving
coffee in its entire natural harmony, maintaining and preserving
rivers, forests and mountains, confirming the ecological
mission we still have today.
The balance between flora and
fauna has been achieved by using the Gravilea, Cuje and Chalun
tress that provide the coffee plantation a completely natural
shade.
Likewise, the use of symmetrically outlined
curves, all drawn at the same height, prevents erosion of
the mountainous terrain which is product of a mixture of
virgin soil and volcanic dust.
Alongside each generation,
the coffee has also matured and achieved International Quality
Standards becoming what we know today as the name brand Santa
Ana. The combination of its altitude, rain, water, “beneficiado” (processing
method) and varieties (bourbon, catuai and pache) classify
the coffee’s bean as strictly hard.
The expert and
skilled hands of the campesinos that work in Finca Santa
Ana, are able to pick the coffee bean with the tenderness
of a child and the precision of an eagle, without damaging
the coffee plant for future reaps.
The process of stripping
the plantation of its pulp and being dried by the sun on
the patio floor is carefully supervised. Finally the bean
becomes oro verde (green gold) where its taste, aroma and
richness makes Santa Ana the name brand that goes beyond
the Guatemalan borders sharing its excellent quality.
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