Nicaraguan Selva Negra: 3 Pound Bundle

Description Selva Negra Estate (La Hammonia) — Matagalpa, Nicaragua   New 2025/26 crop! Selva Negra Estate—whose coffee farm is known as La Hammonia—is a historic coffee farm and private nature reserve in the mountains of Matagalpa, northern Nicaragua. One of the most sustainable farms in the world. Beyond producing specialty coffee, it includes an ecolodge and an organic farm, with bird friendly practices and Rainforest Alliance certification, making it a flagship destination for sustainable coffee in Central America. Identity & Origins: Selva Negra’s roots reach back to the late 19th century. The Kühl family and their descendants have preserved the coffee tradition since the late 1800s, revitalizing the estate from 1974 onward and transforming it into a diversified, sustainable project that today unites tourism, conservation, and high-quality coffee. Terroir: Coffee grows under shade within cloud-forest landscapes at ~1,200–1,300 meters above sea level (≈4,000–4,300 ft). The combination of altitude, volcanic soils, and shade slows cherry maturation, encouraging cups that are sweet, layered, and intense. Varieties & Processing: The estate cultivates traditional varieties such as Bourbon and Typica, alongside Caturra, Catuaí, and micro-lots of Geisha. Selva Negra is proficient in multiple processing methods—washed, honey, and natural—yielding profiles that range from malty sweetness and cocoa to floral and citrusy nuances in Geisha lots. Recent lot examples: Selva Negra Honey: Sweeter but not fruity, a bit of raised acidity and a little fuller bodied. Great balance of tones. Best light to medium. Selva Negra Natural: Sweeter with a bit of fruit on the pallet. Not too ferment, just a hint, slightly raised acidity, body and sweetness due to in-cherry drying. Best light to medium. Selva Negra Washed: A classic and clean Nicaragua. Malty, lower acidity, smooth and creamy. Best medium to dark. Sustainability & Community: Selva Negra is a reference point for environmental practices: organic production, habitat conservation for birds, and responsible water and waste management (including converting by-products into compost), reinforcing a model that benefits both the local community and the surrounding ecosystem. Nicaraguan RFA Selva Negra – Washed Processed Tasting Notes: A very nice and super fresh batch of their traditional farm aggregate. A little hint of citrus floral upfront balanced with nice complex malty tones. Great everyday drinker at a medium roast, balanced with a sweet edge. A heftier cup at the darker roasts and equally as tasty, fuller bodied with strong malty and smoky tones but still retains that sweeter edge to it. Roasting Notes: Easy to roast, great prep on the beans and roast pretty even. Make sure hit a medium roast or darker, with being a little lower acidity, not a ton of jazz at those lighter roast points but as you progress the roast it builds that great malty tone that Nicaragua is known for. Nicaraguan RFA Selva Negra – Natural Processed Tasting Notes: A very cool exotic cup best at the light to medium roast points but tasty from light to dark. The cup is a bit sweeter and brighter than the washed or honey processed. At lighter roasts one will get hints of citric and red fruit tones balancing with a slightly herbal malt like darker tone. Takes a little longer setup after roasting but clean and easy drinking at the lighter roast points. Medium roasts move the fruitier tones to the aftertaste and pronounce the rich maltiness of the cup. The red fruit can be more easily seen as the cup cools, or in cold brew. Darker roasts are hardly fruity but retain the sweet edge, a little smoky/roasty/malt like note makes for a tasty treat. Roasting Notes: Higher chaff and will roast a little two toned in color. Error lighter than darker when playing around. When shooting for a light roast, judge it by the lighter shades of beans, make sure they get through first crack then cool it out. A speckled roast is normal, you will see 2-3 shades of beans when done roasting, this coffee is produced to give those results. Nicaraguan RFA Selva Negra – Honey Processed Tasting Notes: A good cup from light to dark, medium to full bodied with a touch of acidity. The lighter side of a medium roast was our favorite roast point. A hint of brightness and soft fruit balancing well with a malty undertone. Take it a little darker for a good daily drinker, turns it a bit smoother and richer.  Darker roasts produce a hefty malt like tone with complimenting smoky tones, still on the sweeter side, not quite as smooth but has the heft many darker roast fans will love. Roasting Notes: Medium to low chaff and even roasting, shoot for just a little development past first crack, one can go a little lighter or darker depending on personal taste. Would give it a 48 hour setup to smooth out the cup.