Las Delicias Geisha - Nicaragua Filter

Las Delicias is one of the Fincas Mierisch, a group of a farms in Nicaragua and Honduras run by the Mierisch family, a kind of coffee dynasty famous in Nicaragua and beyond for their excellent coffees.

Eleane, Steve and Erwin Mierisch are the fourth generation of coffee producers in this family descendant from Bruno Mierisch Boettiger, a German biologist who was employed by the Nicaraguan government in the 19th century to build the national railroad, and ended up being payed in land in the Matagalpa mountains. His farm would become the first of the Fincas Mierisch, Las Lajas.

But it is the work of Eleane, Steve and Erwin that have propelled the Fincas Mierisch into the specialty coffee spotlight. They've been active in the Cup of Excellence programme since the early 2000s, and they've built a strong reputation for their group of farms.

Jorge Luis Mendez runs the Finca Las Delicias, a small 12 hectare farm in Lipululo, a community in the Jinotega department, which lies north west of Bruno's original farm in Matagalapa. Besides this stunning Geisha, Javanica, Yellow Pacamara,, Yellow Pacas and Red Bourbon are also grown at Las Delicias.