The Mierisch family have deep roots in Nicaragua – Bruno Mierisch Boettiger, a German geologist, first moved to Nicaragua in the late 1800’s, as part of the team tasked with building the Nicaraguan National Railroad. After the completion of the massive project and unable to pay salaries in full, the Nicaraguan government offered land in the mountains of Matagalpa as payment. This land became the first of the Mierisch family’s farms, and many generations later, they’re still working on the same lands. Fincas Mierisch is now comprised of eleven farms in Nicaragua and three in neighboring Honduras, overseen by the 3rd (Doc) and 5th (Wingo) generations of the family.  

Las Delicias was Eleane Mierisch’s personal farm, but after her tragic passing in 2023 she left the farm with her nephew, Erwin “Wingo” Mierisch Jackman, who is now running the farm in her memory along with her business partner, Geoconda Padilla. Las Delicias is a young farm (established in 2014) and with just 12 hectares of coffee, the smallest in the Fincas Mierisch portfolio, but it’s already producing some amazing coffees – obtaining 4th place in COE 2017 with a Washed processed Javanica. Dubbed ‘Javanica’ (Java grown in Nica-ragua, get it?) by the Mierisch family, this coffee is sweet and approachable, with soft notes of vanilla and brown sugar.