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    Visiting Coffee Micro Lots in Jinotega, Nicaragua

    By Jon Ferguson | March 6, 2020

    In early 2016, the Arbor Day coffee program continued to new coffee growing areas that were making new strides in the specialty coffee industry.  Central America has always been a hot spot for specialty coffee production, with the most popular farms in Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Panama.   Specialty coffee auctions in these countries have seen astronomical prices for rare and interesting micro-lots in Guatemala, from Finca El Injerto reaching $500.50 per pound in 2012,  and in Costa Rica where a farm sold $300 per pound in 2018, and most recently in Panama where an auction price of $1,029 per pound for a Panamanian estate natural…

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