Nicaragua El Limón
Region: Sacacli, Jinotega
Community Name: El Limón
Process: Washed
Elevation: 900-1,250 MASL
Varieties: Catimor, Catuai, Caturra, Maragogype, Marsellesa
Certification: Regenerative Organic
chocolate / maple / lime
This is our first Regenerative Organic coffee on the menu! We are as committed to sustainable farming as we are sustainable roasting. The first thing you’ll notice when drinking this Nicaragua is dark chocolate before a maple sweetness with a hint of lime highlighting the finish.
COFFEE BIOGRAPHY
El Limón is a farming community of over 60 families near the major town of Estelí. The farmers here work with a cooperative called Sacacli
Sacacli was founded by 31 associates, six women among them, on November 5, 1994. It's named after the Sacacli community located just 14km to the west of El Limón where it all started. It's continued to grow and currently has 500 members.
By the 2017-2018 harvest, they had Fairtrade and Organic-certified farms. But that was just the start.
Sacacli offers high-quality products under regulations that guarantee the protection of soil, environment, and communities. They are committed to continuous monitoring and always looking for improvement in the quality of their production chains under traceability systems with shared responsibilities between the producer, the organization, and their commercial clients.
Currently, the cooperative supports small and medium producers with services like savings, credit, supply, training, coffee marketing, and technical assistance.
In 2021, Sacacli obtained the Regenerative Organic Certification® seal at the Bronze level. However, they continued to seek ways to improve their practices through soil analysis, carbon footprint capture projects, and forest and bird inventories. After the 2022 audit, they reached the Silver level, with 51 associates already certified as Organic and 18 in the process.
They hope to see further progress in the 2023 audit results, and their goal is to reach the Gold level in the coming years!
Regenerative organic agriculture is a collection of practices that focus on regenerating soil health and the full farm ecosystem. In practice, regenerative organic agriculture can look like cover cropping, crop rotation, low- to no-till, compost, and zero use of persistent chemical pesticides and fertilizers.
