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| Finca Filadelfia |
Thursday we went on another field trip this time to Finca Filadelfia, a coffee farm on the outskirts of Antigua. We all met up at 8:20 at Capuchinas and we rode a huge safari-like truck to the finca. The finca is a large touristy place set back away from the main road. They have a 5-star hotel and restaurant, a zip line, paintball, and several other tourist-oriented activities. The finca is also where coffee is grown in large amounts. We rode out with another group through the coffee fields to the place where coffee sprouts are kept in a protected open air green house. Our tour guide explained that they only grow one type of coffee plant but the roots of that coffee plant are not strong and bugs like to eat them, so they graph the sprouts onto the roots of a Robust coffee root when the plants are two months old. Then the new plants sit in pots in the open air green houses for a year, after which time they are planted out in the fields. Once the plants begin producing the farmers pick the fruits when they are red. The fruits are then depulped and the beans are removed, processed, and roasted.
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| Coffee fields |
We got a tour of the facilities where they process the beans. We ended our tour with free cups of coffee for everyone at the restaurant of the finca.
After our field trip I went to the Casa to work on a few different projects. I also had a conversation with Mily with regards to my new diet and my home stay. We came to the conclusion that it would be best for me to be moved to a different home stay. Mily and Elma are going to work on finding a good pace for me with regards to this new development.
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| Open air "green house" |
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| Tour Guide |
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| Packaging Coffee |
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| David and the coffee machines |
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