Crops

Coffee
Coffee aroma and taste of mountain cloud forest in the crystal clear waters in thebiological corridor Bosawas.

Besides the services of the hotel, visitors can participate in the entire coffee process, and to know La Sombra as a community, more than 300 people work at the ranch during the time of cut (between the months of October to February) and 90 people permanently employed, who work, play sports and give their contribution to the main source of income for the country and economic activity more direct distribution of income throughout their chain. Come discover the vast world of coffee production, organizational forms, the contribution to the household economy, to the integral formation of young people and enjoy the result of effort with a seductive cup of coffee.

We plant under the shadow which gives coffee an excellent quality, has been highlighted in the annual competitions of the "Cup of Excellence". They plant different varieties of Arabic coffee: Caturra, Maragogipe, and Maracaturra, Catimor.

First, the ripe fruit is collected from the coffee trees. It is then taken to the pulping machine, which removes the pulp of the coffee fruit. The pulp is used to make fertilizer and grains are fermented for 48 hours, then is washed in canals of concrete with wooden paddles (wet process).

After washing are put in a concrete patio where sun dries them. Before being transported to the dry mills, located in the hot zone and lower Matagalpa, for processing and export to international markets.

Moras (Rubus fructicosus)
The fruit of the blackberry as it is known, is a fruit product from a plant that grows in a permanent cultivation (in some places it is wild). It has many vitamins, with ripe fruit drinks are prepared, jams, liqueurs and ice cream.

Raspberries (Rubus idaeus)
Commonly called raspberry, is a species of Rubus native to northern Europe and Asia. It is an evergreen shrub from 1.5 to 2.5 m in height. Its fruit is raspberries (or red raspberry) tangy fruit and sweet, which bears fruit in late summer. This fruit of the forest is similar to but smaller than blackberry and soft.

Cocona (Solanum Topiro or Sessiliflorum)
Originally, Amazon Region
Height: 600 to 800 meters above sea level
The Cocona can be used to make soda. It liquefies the pulp juicy with seeds and mixed with ice water and sugar at a rate of 2 to 3 large fruit per glass of blender.

Can also be used to make a juicy pulp sauce, add vinegar, pepper, salt and ground chile pepper or liquid.

The solid pulp can be boiled and then remove the shell (like a scalded tomato) and make this a delicious jam.

If you leave the fruit in half, blanched, peeled and boiled in syrup helmets. I even sold canned in supermarkets in Miami.

Squash (Cucurbita moschata L.)
Family: Cucurbitaceae
It is an annual herbaceous plant caules cent, climber, native to Central and South America. It is cultivated in its native continent and in Asia for consumption by exploiting its flowers, shoots, fruits and seeds.

Its stem is angled and densely pubescent, with tendrils apical to which is attached to the vegetation and soil. Its fruit is used in various foods such as squash with honey, cream of pumpkin, pumpkin pie, pumpkin stew or add to a rich soup, among others.