Sweet and floral with hints of cashew and mango.
Byron Corrales is a visionary farmer, campesino leader, and
pioneer in the application of biodynamic farming practices to
coffee production. Twice he’s won top honors for this magical
coffee: Maracaturra, a special variety found only on his small
family farm in Nicaragua.
The coffee is a unique hybrid of the heirloom varietals
Maragoype and Caturra (Bourbon). It was developed and is grown
exclusively by Byron Corrales for Thanksgiving Coffee Company. It
is a truly exceptional coffee that’s more akin to its cousins in
the highlands of East Africa than its neighbors in Central
America.
"I was 7 years old when my grandfather taught me to plant my
first coffee tree. I liked to look at sun coming through the trees,
to share the lessons my grandfather taught me about the growth of
plants, and watch the rain fall and surrounded by the scent of the
earth. I listened to the song of the birds and rode my horse to
school every morning. 42 years have passed in my life since then
and I want to transmit our family’s art, our work of many years,
discovering the flavors we’ve learned to bring forth from our
mountains, expressed in this cup by way of respect for our
environment and the songs we sing every day in our coffee
farm.
I talk every day with my plants, and they ask me who will
consume each bean of our production and in this moment when you are
tasting our coffee, I want to talk with you and tell you in silence
that you are contributing to the conservation of our plantet, that
this cup has come from the Arenal Forest Reserve, that its flavor
that you’re tasting on your palate is the expression of life and
the life energy of all the living beings who live in our community.
Now we are together in embraced by this moment celebrating with joy
the responsibility of protecting the future of our
generations.
The cup of responsibility is a song of love."
— Byron Jose Corrales Martinez, 2008