El Salvador Santa Leticia Estate Pacamara

TIP: You can save products to your favorites list if you log in Santa Leticia Estate, founded and owned by many generations of the Valdivieso Family, rests high in the Apaneca-Ilamatepec Mountains in the Northwest corner of El Salvador (near Guatemala) They produce wonderful Bourbon varietal, which we know from years of carrying it years ago, and were thrilled to be able to offer the Pacamara varietal. This ginormous Arabica bean, a hybrid of the Pacas and Maragogype, flourishes in this part of the world. The coffee is exceptionally rich and fruity and is roasted to a light-to-medium profile to show off its inherent sweetness. It's fully washed at the mill, called Beneficio El Carmen, and 100% patio sundried. The coffee grows between 1200 and 1750 meters above sea level but most of the production comes from about 1600 meter planting. The farm is located in the town Apaneca, which means “Rivers of Wind” in the native Nahuatl language of the Pipil Indians. The farm has thousands of shade trees, which increase the biodiversity of the area and creates a refugee for local and migratory fauna. The farm's land is also an archeological site, where ancient Mayan artifacts have been found, including earthen mounds and stone monuments.