La Picona (Anaerobic Natural, Nicaragua)

Name: La Picona (Anaerobic Natural, Nicaragua)
Brand: Carter Coffee
Availability: InStock

apricots · dark chocolate

Fruity Chocolate

£54.00/kg

35% above similar on their 200 g bag

£54.00 for 1 kg, their cheapest per kilo · about £0.97 for an 18 g espresso dose

The badge compares the standard 200 g bag at £69.75/kg against 44 coffees from 31 roasters in washed from Nicaragua (standard bag, 200–350 g), so that every coffee is compared on the same size.

Price observed 4 Nov 2026. This is the bag, not the basket: delivery is not included.

Delivery cost not stated by the roaster

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Bag	Price	Per kilo
200 g	£13.95	£69.75/kg
1 kg	£54.00	£54.00/kg

The 1 kg bag works out 23% cheaper per kilo than the 200 g.

How it sits among coffee from Nicaragua

How often roasters use each flavour family to describe coffee from Nicaragua: 171 of 242 carry notes. The dashed outline is the whole catalogue. These are the roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement.

Carter Coffee describe this coffee as fruity, chocolate. The filled shape is how often roasters use each family across coffee from Nicaragua; the rings on the rim are this coffee’s own.

Every family the roaster names is a common one for coffee from Nicaragua, so this reads as a typical example rather than an outlier.

The roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement. We have not tasted this coffee. All Nicaragua coffees

What the roaster says about where it came from

Country

Nicaragua

Region

Java

Process

washed, anaerobic

Variety

Parainema, Caturra, Catuai, Gesha

Altitude

1150 to 1400 m

Not stated

farm or estate, producer, harvest, lot, importer, price paid to the producer

We report what the roaster publishes and we have not checked any of it independently. A fact nobody publishes is not a fault of the coffee: almost no roaster in the UK states an importer or the price paid to the producer.

Where each fact came from

Altitude, highest

Tasting like apricots and dark chocolate with a super smooth finish Origin: Dipilto, Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua Altitude: 1150-1400 MASL… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Altitude, lowest

Variety

“Martha grows a broad mix of varieties here, including Maracaturra, Catuaí, Geisha, Java, Caturra and Parainema.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Flavour families

Tasting like apricots and dark chocolate with a super smooth finish… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Country of origin

“Finca La Picona is run by Martha Lucía Albir Sotomayor in Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Region

“Martha grows a broad mix of varieties here, including Maracaturra, Catuaí, Geisha, Java, Caturra and Parainema.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Processing

“There, washed, honey, natural and anaerobic natural lots are produced with the aim of bringing out the best in each coffee.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Tasting notes

Tasting like apricots and dark chocolate with a super smooth finish… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Taken from the roaster’s own pages, and nothing here has been verified by us or by an independent body. What we store is a passage of page text cut around the fact, so one shown with an ellipsis is a passage we cannot see the start or the end of; only the fully quoted ones are complete sentences.