Nicaragua Finca Pastoral Honey

Agronomist Juan de Dios Castillo and his siblings created J&M Family Coffee in 2014, to directly export the coffee produced by their parents' farm. Eventually, the J&M Family Export Company (named after their parents Juan and Miriam) expanded its services to other small producers in Jinotega, helping them to access international buyers directly and gain better premiums. After setting the export operation, Juan de Dios moved on to his next project and dream, starting his own coffee farm. Finca El Pastoral, in combination with J&M Family, allowed Juan de Dios to create a vertically integrated operation, with a complete traceable process from the tree to the moment of export.

El Pastoral rests at 1100masl on 150 acres of coffee production in the mountains of Nicaragua. The farm focuses on applying innovative fermentation, like honey and natural processes, rather than the traditional washed process used in Nicaragua. The coffee in the parchment stage is then dried at the J&M Family dry mill. After which, the coffee is prepared for the export process, passing through a rigorous quality control process that analyzes the cup profile and uniformity of the green coffee.