Promotora de Desarrollo Cooperativo de Las Segovias S.A.
- 2,300 smallholder coffee growers
- Located 112km northwest of the Nicaraguan capital Managua
- Partners with Cafédirect since 1993
We are proud to say that PRODECOOP is one of the first co-operatives Cafédirect worked with in the early 1990s. Prodecoop’s growers live and grow coffee in the mountains of North-eastern Nicaragua, around the town of Estelí, two hours from the capital Managua.
“Cupping” (coffee quality tasting) in Prodecoop is undertaken by Alex Medina and Fatima Lopez (pictured left), some of the best “Cuppers” in the region with several years of experience. Each container of coffee is tasted at least eight times before being sent to Cafédirect to ensure it is of the highest quality. According to Alex, coffee tasting is similar to wine tasting – you look for five components: Body, Flavour, Acidity, Aroma and Aftertaste. All of these elements together create the best quality coffee. Read more about this here.