La Bastilla farm is approximately 20km from Jinotega, 6Kg from Apanas Lake. Right next door is Datanli el Diablo nature reserve, important to the Jinotega region for its biodiversity. A river runs West to East, joining the Jiguina River – of the total 311 hecatres, 160 hectares are dedicated to coffee production, shade grown by native trees.

High grown in the area Bogotá on the central branch of the Andean Mountains, Tenza Valley comes from two producer groups. Between them, they cultivate approximately 1,215 hectares of coffee. The groups have opposite growing cycles which allows good availability through the year. With average temperatures of 19 – 24ºC and 1500-2000ml rainfall, it’s an ideal coffee growing area. As well as coffee, the area produces maize, garden vegetables, oranges, pineapples, mangoes and avocadoes.

Very volcanic region, 3 surrounding volcanoes (Agua, Fuego, Acatenango). Shade grown at high density, it develops slowly and becomes denser.