Barahona, located along the southwestern shores of the Caribbean Sea in the Dominican Republic. In this unique coffee growing region, at elevations ranging from 600 to 1,100 meters,  home of the country’s fi nest coffees are grown. There are currently 12,000 hectares of coffee grown in 4 municipalities: Paraiso, Enriquillo, Polo and Barahona, with 2600 growers. Due to Barahona’s proximity to the Caribbean Sea and an accidentally topography, coffee harvesting begins in August and finishes in February. The distribution of rain all year long and sunshine allows for 4-5 blooming of varying intensities which in turn makes coffee growers and pickers return five to six times, on average, to the same tree.