Nicaragua - Mama Mina Estate

Sweet Maria's Coffee

Mama Mina is a small farm that is a true estate, having a miniature milling operation to process all the coffee on site. It is owned by the Mierisch family, named after their maternal matriarch, grandmother Mina McEwan. The farm has 75% Caturra and 25 % Catuai seedstock. All the coffee is sun dried to 11% moisture content before it ships and rested in parchment until stable. Since Erwin Mierisch actually runs the Cup Of Excellence program for Nicaragua, the family knows about quality coffee preparation (unfortunately, since he works for CoE they cannot submit their coffees to the competition). The farm ranges from 1260 - 1350 meters, which makes it one of the higher elevation estate coffees in Matagalpa. I have cupped this coffee for the past several seasons and. while it's always good, it never really came together in the cup for me. This year is different. The coffee is solid, well-built, with a really good bright end, strong cup flavors and a sweetening and long aftertaste. It's classic Matagalpa in the cup: bittersweet tang, bright accents, aromatic woodiness, black walnut, and herbal flavors of sage and rosemary that linger through the finish. All this is enveloped in a generous mouthfeel, making for a very balanced cup overall.

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