GRANJA LOS TUMBITOS

Established in 1984 as a semi-extensive farm by goatherd Jorge Rodríguez, Los Tumbitos has gone through several generations of goatherds who used extensive grazing from the coast to the peaks of the island of La Palma as their way of life. The generational replacement of the family, on this occasion, has been taken up by her daughter, the young Brenda Rodríguez Concepción, great-granddaughter of goatherds, who at 33 years of age and mother of two little girls has managed the farm for 5 years.

Los Tumbitos is currently a farm with a capacity for more than 400 head of cattle. A modern ship, with eco-sustainable facilities that take the resources of nature, transform them and return them to her.La Granja works for the recovery and improvement of the Palm Goat Breed, which is currently in danger of extinction. The milk from its goats contains a high percentage of protein with an average of 4.52%, being considered the breed with the highest milk protein in Europe, and 5.72% fat.

Different varieties of cheese are produced from the good quality of its milk, highlighting its totally handmade production. Cheeses, tender, fresh or smoked, unique in the world or semi-cured and cured with different spices or condiments such as cheeses with blueberries, truffle, chocolate, oregano, black garlic, parsley, cumin and dried tomato. The elaboration process is simple, since it only contains three ingredients: Raw goat's milk, natural kid rennet and sea salt from the coast of the island, which does not stop it from being an arduous job, since it is pressed entirely by hand. , with a daily elaboration of about 55 kilos.

Nestled on the north coast of La Palma, from Los Tumbitos you can see the snow on the summit in winter and the sunsets falling into the Atlantic sea. A landscape of pure nature, bathed by the Alisios winds that clothe the native vegetation with which their goats feed with mist. An idyllic place to raise and create valued by locals and visitors and that have been highlighted by such important magazines as National Geographic and Financial Times, for its beauty and product flavor.