Full, balanced and very sweet, the flavor of Isidro's coffee is a result of picking only the ripest coffee cherries. Clean, apple-toned acidity comes through nicely and carries with it flavors of blackberry jam and brown sugar.

Farm: El Manguito & Tontolo
Elevation: El Tontolo - 1,250m, El Manguito -1,300m
Variety: Caturra/Catuaii
Soils: El Tontolo - sandy, El Manguito - clay-like
Family: wife - Oneida, sons - Walter (15), Enrique (11), Jimmy (7) and Milton (1 1/2)

Isidro Lara is a hardworking man of vision and has shown a dedication and a consistency with his coffee farming practices that is almost without comparison.

To produce this exceptional quality coffee, Isidro paid workers extra to sort coffee after it was cut, guaranteeing that only the reddest of cherries were then de-pulped. To ensure that quality was maintained throughout production, after each rain, he also took care to wash the fenced-in patio where the coffee was dried when there was no space in his backyard solar dryer.

Three years ago, Isidro moved the wet milling operation to his house where he invested more than $7,000 to build new pilas, washing canals, and a shed area. This coming year he hopes to be able to line the pilas and canals with ceramic.

Isidro attributes all that he has been able to accomplish to the motivated, can-do attitude that God blessed him with. He is positive about the future and hopeful for all the opportunities that the production of quality, certified coffee will bring to his family as well as Capucas. Laughingly he adds, "Yes, today we drink the good quality coffee too! Before, we would drink the worst of what we produced, because we didn’t know the difference. But we have learned a lot along the way, thanks to all the visits from people outside the community."

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