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).
Location: San Miguel Dueñas, SACATEPEQUEZ
Area: 450 ha
Altitude range: 5000 - 6100 feet
Type of soil and predominant element: Loamy-Sand
Shade trees: Gravilea
Climatic
characteristics
Average temperature: 21°C
Annual rainfall: 1100mm
Relative humidity: 70%
Coffee
production characteristics
Harvest season: November to March
Drying process: Sun
Mill: Wet and dry
Annual production: 6000 (69-Kg bags)
Cup of Excellence®2002, Cup of Excellence®2007, Cup of Excellence®2008
Certified Genuine Antigua by APCA
· 1900 Gold Medal, I Agriculture Contest
· 1904 Silver Medal, September National Exposition
· 1905 Gold Medal, September National Exposition
· 1942 Central Zone Quality Coffee and Beneficio
· 1968 Quality Cup above 4,000 Feet by Anacafe
· 2001 Starbucks Reserve
· 6th place among the 12 finest coffees in the world, SCAA 2008 Minneapolis, Minesota
Cup of
Excellence®2008
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