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Producer:  This coffee is grown on the Buenos Aires Estate located in the municipality of Dipilto in the department of Nueva Segovia just north of Managua.

Elevation:  1200 - 1500 meters

Coffee Variety:  Maracaturra beans – a rare hybrid of the Maragogype and Caturra varietals

Processing Method:  Washed (wet)

These Maracaturra beans are grown on the farm Catetalera Buenos Aires, family owned for 55 years and currently run by Luis Emilio Valladarez and the day to day operations by the brothers Luis Emilio and Olman. The brothers provide special care in farming using environmentally responsible practices and a sustainable eco-system model.

Grown in the municipality of Dipilto, one of Nicaragua’s smallest municipalities, where coffee growing is one of its time honored traditions and it is well-known for its specialty coffee. The Dipilto area has produced a stunning 29 winning coffees in the Cup of Excellence, due to its fertile soil, high altitude, microclimate and strong environmental management.

Of the thousands of coffees we encounter in our search for the best, only a precious few are deemed exceptional enough to become Starbucks Reserve® coffees, offered only for limited times at select stores.

Starbucks Reserve® Nicaragua Maracaturra

Maracaturra beans – a rare hybrid of the Maragogype and Caturra varietals – are distinguished by their immense size, as well as the delicious complexity of flavors experienced in the cup. No less extraordinary for their incredibly large leaf and flower, the Maracaturra coffee trees were nurtured on the Cafetalera Buenos Aires farm in Dipilto, Nicaragua, where sustainable farming practices combine with the fertile soil, high altitude and microclimate, culminating in this amazing coffee.

This special Starbucks Reserve® coffee is in very limited supply and only available at select stores.