This is the first of several articles about Nicaraguan food culture, enjoy! The air is refreshing, hot but not oppressive. The soil is rich, almost untainted but full of rich minerals and nutrients. The rain comes at the perfect time, feeding the crops and quenching the ground. Nicaragua has some of the best agricultural conditions to grow coffee, so it comes as no surprise that coffee is at the top of the country’s long list of agricultural exports. Coffee is a $425 billion