Venezuela

Santo Domingo Coffee Plantation has an altitude between 1.200 and 1.300 Mts. (3.937 feet and 4.265 feet) above the sea level. Its precipitation is about 1.300mm. with an average weather of 19 degrees C (67 degrees F). The rainy season goes from May to January, and the coffee crop usually starts in October and ends in January.

The Plantation area is about 90 hectare (222 acres) totally planted with Arabica type coffee. The varieties of plants are known as Typica, Bourbon and Catuai. All of the Coffee plantation is surrounded by shade trees. Most of the shade trees are known as Guamo, Bucare and Anauco. One of our main objectives is to preserve nature, leaving space for an ecosystem. Two natural springs emerge in the plantation, keeping a constant flow of water all year. This water is used to wash the coffee.

All the coffee is processed after a severe control of the harvesting in the wet beneficio. Inside the benficio the coffee is depulped, fermented, washed, dried, and hulled, with constant supervision to obtain the best quality of coffee. Finally, after these processes we obtain one of the most delightful coffees in the market named "Tumiqui Coffee." Tumiqui comes from the abbreviation of the Turumiquire Mountain, where Santo Domingo Coffee Plantation is located.

FACTS AND STATS
Population: 19 Million People
Domestic Consumption: 1.8 Million Bags
Coffee Export: 155,000 Bags of 60 Kg. (132.278 lb.)
Cultivated Area: 314,000 Hectares (775,600 Acres)
Harvest: September to March
Arabica Introduced:
Typica, introduced in 1730 from Martinique by Spanish Missionaries
Hybrids came later from Brazil
Farms:
58,949 Farms
Average size is 4.5 hectares (11 acres)
Specialty Preparations:
Fine Washed (5% defect) and Good Washed (10% defect)
Botanical Varieties: Bourbon, Typica, Mundo Nuevo, Caturra, Catuai