Shade-grown Coffee: Double shade, double experience
Our location including height, weather and topography allow us to produce a shade-grown Coffee with the remarkable aroma and flavour of Ocaso Sustainable Coffee. Double shading means having diffetente height trees in between the Coffee Plantation. We have more than 60 different tree species in our crops.
Usually shade-grown Coffee has better flavour. The shading technique improves the soil, air and water quality, it also allows a slower rippening process for the Coffee beans which increases sugar and acidity responsible substances production in them, obtaining a Coffee with a more complex body and flavour.
Finally, shade-grown Coffee has multiple enviromental benefits such us drecreased soil erosion as well as reduction in the use of pesticides and increased organic matter.
Ocaso Sustainable Coffee has 70 per hectares of land with 12 different especies in each one. These trees make up a 40% of the plantatuin shade. 60% of the fertilizer is organic and produced in our farm.