Nicaragua

Jinotega

Department · Nicaragua

Terroir

Catalogue altitude
1,000–1,700 m · 29 of 71 catalogue coffees report altitude. 1 of those 29 have a recorded range partly or wholly outside this band. This sample does not establish the full growing range.
Climate
Tropical savanna climate; driest area is La Concordia with 1300 mm precipitation annually
Terrain
High mountainous region with many ridges and narrow valleys; Isabelia Mountain Range with cloud forests; major peaks include Chimborazo, Datanlí Diablo, Peñas Blancas Massif
Varieties
Catuaí · Caturra · Pacamara · Red Catuaí
Base process
Washed · Natural · Honey
Conditions and additional steps
Anaerobic (sealed, no oxygen) · Fermentation

Produces 80% of Nicaragua's coffee; historically among the best coffee producers in the country; major coffee region with optimal agro-ecological conditions

1 growing area

Administrative area

Across Jinotega66 coffees with no finer area recorded