Nicaragua Pineapple Candy

Coffee arrived in Nicaragua in the mid 1800’s due to increasing coffee prices in Brazil, opening opportunities for the nation. However, following a series of unfortunate events including dictatorships, civil war and a destructive earthquake, Nicaragua’s coffee production was reduced to almost nothing. It wasn’t until the 1990s that the coffee industry in the country began to regrow following a change in government bringing an end to the Nicaraguan Revolution. [79][80]

This Nicaragua ‘Pineapple Candy’ coffee is produced by La Bastilla Coffee a Rainforest Alliance certified estate, based in the mountains of the departments of Matagalpa and Jinotega, North-West Nicaragua. La Bastilla was established in 2003 when it started managing two abandoned coffee estates, focusing on replanting the estates with new and diverse varities of coffee. One of these is the Santa Luz Farm, a 158-hectare farm located between 700-900 meters above sea level. 101 of its hectares are dedicated to coffee whilst the other 57 hectares are mainly beautiful woodland and administrative areas. [81]