¡Llegó el día! Cosechamos café por primera vez tras 3 años de trabajo en la finca
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I don't think we've ever felt so much emotion and pride seeing the fruits of our own land! We went to the mountains to visit our coffee farm and show you the corner where our project is planted and the breathtaking beauty of a rural community full of visionary young people who are betting on agritourism to transform their town, El Palero de Santiago Rodríguez. A journey filled with agricultural contrasts, difficult agronomic decisions, the magic of the forest, and the historic moment of our first harvest.
We began by exploring the community surrounding the farm, learning about the drive of young local entrepreneurs who are working to transform their mountain trails and agricultural traditions into a hub for sustainable community tourism. We walked through landscapes where the Dominican pine embraces the tropical rainforest, demonstrating the enormous ecotourism potential of our mountain range when young people decide to stay and create value in their territory.
We continued venturing deeper into the farm to confront the unfiltered reality of the field: we inspected a plot where the three-year-old Lempira coffee crop hadn't developed as expected. We analyzed the determining factors on-site, such as sun exposure, soil drainage, shade management, and vegetative problems that led to low yields, gaining insight into the errors and technical challenges faced by any small producer when starting a shade-grown coffee plantation.
To conclude on a high note, we crossed to the upper part of the farm where the landscape changed completely: vigorous, healthy plants laden with branches overflowing with green cherries and scarlet-red beans. There, we carried out our first coffee harvest by hand, learning to identify the optimal point of cherry ripeness, tasting the sweet mucilage freshly cut from the tree, and celebrating the first tangible fruits of years of effort and work in the land.
A decisive step on our agricultural journey that demonstrates that the Dominican countryside faces enormous challenges, but also the unparalleled reward of seeing your own harvest grow from scratch!
ROUTE DETAILS AND DESTINATIONS VISITED:
Parador Las Muchachitas
Location: La Leonor, Municipality of Sabaneta, Santiago Rodriguez Province
Instagram: @parador_las_muchachitas
Phone: +1 (829)769-1741
Catering: Traditional Dominican cuisine (lunches, salted meat, pork rinds, rice, pigeon peas, and fried plantains).
Palero EcoAventura
Location: El Palero Community, Cenoví de Toma, Santiago Rodriguez Province
Instagram: @paleroecoaventuras
Phone: +1(809)759-5173
Catering: Community project promoting sustainable tourism, nature, and community development.
Casa de Campo Los Soñadores
Location: El Palero Community, Cenoví de Toma, Santiago Rodríguez Province
Instagram: @casadecampolossonadores
Phone: +1(829)294-6895
Type of Rental: Villa for rent, accommodating up to 20 people in the community of El Palero.
EPISODES IN EL PALERO:
Palero | La Comunidad más Hermosa de Repúb...
Navidad en el rincón más hermoso de Repúbl...
Nadie sabía que teníamos ESTA FINCA de caf...
DESCRIPTIVE TIMESTAMPS (SEMANTIC TIMESTAMPS):
00:00 - Introduction: First stop at the best salted meat in the Cibao region.
01:03 - Arrival at the community: Landscapes and Tour of the Community Park.
02:07 - Rural youth: How local youth are transforming their village into a tourist destination.
04:48 - Lodging project: Tour of the Palero Ecoaventura rental cabin.
06:22 - Entrance to the farm: The reality of Lempira coffee 3 years after planting.
08:47 - Soil, shade, and climate: Factors that hindered development in the first part of the farm.
11:13 Los Soñadores Country House, lodging with capacity for 20 people in the community of El Palero.
12:28 - The success zone: Healthy, leafy coffee plants, laden with beans, and the first harvest.
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¡Llegó el día! Cosechamos café por primera vez tras 3 años de trabajo en la finca
Andariego DO
96,046 views
I don't think we've ever felt so much emotion and pride seeing the fruits of our own land! We went to the mountains to visit our coffee farm and show you the corner where our project is planted and the breathtaking beauty of a rural community full of visionary young people who are betting on agritourism to transform their town, El Palero de Santiago Rodríguez. A journey filled with agricultural contrasts, difficult agronomic decisions, the magic of the forest, and the historic moment of our first harvest.
We began by exploring the community surrounding the farm, learning about the drive of young local entrepreneurs who are working to transform their mountain trails and agricultural traditions into a hub for sustainable community tourism. We walked through landscapes where the Dominican pine embraces the tropical rainforest, demonstrating the enormous ecotourism potential of our mountain range when young people decide to stay and create value in their territory.
We continued venturing deeper into the farm to confront the unfiltered reality of the field: we inspected a plot where the three-year-old Lempira coffee crop hadn't developed as expected. We analyzed the determining factors on-site, such as sun exposure, soil drainage, shade management, and vegetative problems that led to low yields, gaining insight into the errors and technical challenges faced by any small producer when starting a shade-grown coffee plantation.
To conclude on a high note, we crossed to the upper part of the farm where the landscape changed completely: vigorous, healthy plants laden with branches overflowing with green cherries and scarlet-red beans. There, we carried out our first coffee harvest by hand, learning to identify the optimal point of cherry ripeness, tasting the sweet mucilage freshly cut from the tree, and celebrating the first tangible fruits of years of effort and work in the land.
A decisive step on our agricultural journey that demonstrates that the Dominican countryside faces enormous challenges, but also the unparalleled reward of seeing your own harvest grow from scratch!
ROUTE DETAILS AND DESTINATIONS VISITED:
Parador Las Muchachitas
Location: La Leonor, Municipality of Sabaneta, Santiago Rodriguez Province
Instagram: @parador_las_muchachitas
Phone: +1 (829)769-1741
Catering: Traditional Dominican cuisine (lunches, salted meat, pork rinds, rice, pigeon peas, and fried plantains).
Palero EcoAventura
Location: El Palero Community, Cenoví de Toma, Santiago Rodriguez Province
Instagram: @paleroecoaventuras
Phone: +1(809)759-5173
Catering: Community project promoting sustainable tourism, nature, and community development.
Casa de Campo Los Soñadores
Location: El Palero Community, Cenoví de Toma, Santiago Rodríguez Province
Instagram: @casadecampolossonadores
Phone: +1(829)294-6895
Type of Rental: Villa for rent, accommodating up to 20 people in the community of El Palero.
EPISODES IN EL PALERO:
Palero | La Comunidad más Hermosa de Repúb...
Navidad en el rincón más hermoso de Repúbl...
Nadie sabía que teníamos ESTA FINCA de caf...
DESCRIPTIVE TIMESTAMPS (SEMANTIC TIMESTAMPS):
00:00 - Introduction: First stop at the best salted meat in the Cibao region.
01:03 - Arrival at the community: Landscapes and Tour of the Community Park.
02:07 - Rural youth: How local youth are transforming their village into a tourist destination.
04:48 - Lodging project: Tour of the Palero Ecoaventura rental cabin.
06:22 - Entrance to the farm: The reality of Lempira coffee 3 years after planting.
08:47 - Soil, shade, and climate: Factors that hindered development in the first part of the farm.
11:13 Los Soñadores Country House, lodging with capacity for 20 people in the community of El Palero.
12:28 - The success zone: Healthy, leafy coffee plants, laden with beans, and the first harvest.
___________________________________________________________________________________________
A LITTLE PIECE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IN YOUR HOME (OUR BOOK):
Want to discover more incredible corners of our island? Get our book, "The Best Country in the World." Join Renzo, an adventurous flamingo, on a journey that portrays the beauty, values, and magic of the Dominican Republic. It's the perfect gift to connect with our roots.
👉 BUY THE BOOK HERE: https://andariego.do/nuestro-libro (Shipping available to the Dominican Republic and the rest of the world)
We have specially designed caps for you at this link: https://andariegodo.myshopify.com
Thank you for joining us on this adventure, and please support us by subscribing to our channel, giving us a like, and turning on notifications.
Follow us on:
Instagram: andariegodo
Facebook: AndariegoDO
Twitter: AndariegoDO