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Salvador - Apaneca Santa Elena - Pacamara - Honey - Organic

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About this coffee

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In El Salvador, producer Fernando Lima owns a number of farms, including Santa Elena, where this batch of Pacamara comes from.

Located between Los Andes and Los Volcanes national parks, the farm is ideally situated to produce excellent quality coffee, at an altitude of 1850 metres. The soil here is volcanic, rich in nutrients and even more so since the Ilamatepec volcano erupted, dumping its ashes on the farm's soil.

Fernando has equipped himself with his own wetmill to supervise every stage of production, right up to the washing. This is carried out after 5 sorting passes, to ensure that only the best cherries are produced.

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  • Origin

    El Salvador
  • Region

    Apaneca Ilamatepec
  • Terroir

    Ilamatepec
  • Producer

    Fernando Lima
  • Species

    Arabica
  • Variety

    Pacamara

  • Process

    Honey

  • Drying

    Drying beds

  • Packaging

    30kg - Jute bags

  • Altitude

    1850
  • Harvest period

    January - April
  • Type of harvest

    Manual

The terroir Ilamatepec

Ilamatepec is the largest coffee-producing region in El Salvador, reaching altitudes of up to 2,400 metres. It is very well known for its quality coffee. It is probably where the first coffee tree was planted.
This chain of volcanoes, called the Apaneca-Ilamatepec mountain range, includes lots of craters (Ataco, Apaneca, Juayua, etc.) and one of the most active volcanoes in El Salvador, Ilamatepec, also known as Santa Ana.
Many local producers have won international competitions, the best represented varieties being Bourbon (64%) and Pacas (26%).
 

Meet Fernando Lima

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A few words about Fernando Lima

Coffee is a passion that has been transmitted from father to son and daughter in the Lima family since 1870. Today, Fernando faces new challenges, such as climate change, which means adapting coffee growing while maintaining traditional varieties such as Bourbons. Fernando defines a good coffee producer as a manager who manages to make the constant improvement of his production, from seed to export, interact in a symbiotic way. He adds that it is necessary to keep an eye on new trends while having sufficient profits to invest in his farm. 

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2023/2024

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Density

730g/l

Humidity level

10.6%

Water activity

0.5757aw


Screen

+13


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