Traceability Sheet
Finca Bethania
Macuelizo, Nueva Segovia · Nicaragua
1,250 – 1,500 m.a.s.l.
Women-led estate
Rainforest Alliance certified
3 generations
Finca Bethania placed 16th at Nicaragua's Cup of Excellence in 2020 and returned among the national winners in 2021 — back-to-back recognition at the country's most demanding stage, earned by a women-led estate competing against Nicaragua's finest.
Finca Bethania is a story of inheritance and intention. Founded in 1991 by the Albir family patriarch in the Macuelizo hills of the Dipilto mountain range — the first coffee territory in Nicaragua to be awarded a denomination of origin — the farm passed in 2014 to his daughters, Ana and Martha, who have run it ever since with a clear conviction: the highest quality coffee and the protection of the land are the same project, not competing ones.
Under the sisters' leadership, Bethania has become one of the region's most respected women-led estates. The farm takes particular care in preserving the natural forest together with its ecosystem and wildlife — the harmony of the soil, the water, and the fauna and flora of Macuelizo is what gives Bethania's coffee its authentic character.
That philosophy is not just narrative: the farm has held Rainforest Alliance certification since 2014, and its back-to-back Cup of Excellence placements prove that sustainability and world-class cup quality can grow on the same trees.
Only fully ripe cherries are harvested to concentrate sugar content. Underripe and overripe fruit is removed during field-level sorting.
Cherries are floated in clean water to eliminate impurities and remaining defects before drying begins.
Cherries are dried as whole fruit, turned regularly for even dehydration. The extended contact between fruit and seed builds the natural sweetness and floral aromatics that define this lot.
Once target humidity is reached, the coffee rests in parchment before milling. This stabilizes and integrates the flavors ahead of export.
Every lot we source from Bethania is fully traceable — to the farm, the producers, the variety, and the processing method. From the Albir sisters' trees in Macuelizo to the Cafetos de Segovia dry mill to your roastery, the chain of custody is documented at every step. That is the standard we hold ourselves to at ROS.
The natural forest and its ecosystem are actively preserved across the estate. Soil, water, fauna and flora are treated as part of the coffee — not separate from it.
Certified since 2014 — over a decade of independently verified environmental and social standards, renewed year after year.
Sisters Ana and Martha Albir lead one of the region's standout women-run estates — third-generation knowledge carried forward with a modern quality vision.
In the far north of Nicaragua, where the mountains rise toward the Honduran border, Nueva Segovia has quietly built a reputation as the country's most decorated coffee region. The elevations here slow everything down — cherries ripen over long, cool months, stacking sugars and acidity in ways lower altitudes simply cannot.
The Dipilto mountain range, which shelters the Macuelizo hills where Bethania sits, holds a distinction no other Nicaraguan territory can claim: the country's first coffee denomination of origin. It is a recognition of what producers here have known for generations — that this particular combination of altitude, forest cover, and mineral soils produces coffees with a signature all their own.
Bethania belongs to that tradition and pushes it forward. In a region defined by ambitious producers, the Albir sisters have made their mark twice over at the Cup of Excellence — proof that Macuelizo's terroir, in the right hands, competes with anything in Central America.
