Whole Bean Coffee

[EL • SAL-VA-DOOR • SAN-TA • MA-TIL-DA]

Process: Washed

Caramel, Milk Chocolate, Plum

Bourbon variety from El Salvador, smooth cup with notes of Caramel and plum.

Finca Santa Matilde is located in Concepción de Ataco in the department of Ahuachapan in the Apaneca-Ilamatepec mountain range and coffee region of the same name. Farmers in Ahuachapan were the first to grow coffee in El Salvador with seeds brought from Guatemala in the last years of the 1700s; production then began in earnest in the 1800s.

Santa Matilde is currently owned by the fifth generation of coffee producers of the Ariz-Herrera family, making it one of the first farms in the Concepción de Ataco region to grow specialty coffee beginning in the 1870s. The family has been bringing sustainability, social responsibility, and employment to the communities around the farm for over 100 years. The Ariz-Herrera family is one of five local families who created FUNDATACO in 1991, a foundation that helps children from the region join soccer schools and pursue athletic opportunities and scholarships.

Coffee from Santa Matilde is partially processed at Germania, the small mill within the farm, which has depulpers, washing equipment, and drying facilities. Santa Matilde sun dries coffee on raised beds. Dried coffees are stored at the El Carmens warehouse, where Santa Matilde coffee is dry milled and prepped for export.

Santa Matilde has won much recognition for the quality of their coffees, including top placement in the El Salvador Cup of Excellence in 2018 and 2019. Their passion for providing excellent coffees drives them to innovate and develop great coffees as well as sustainability with their community.

This lot of Bourbon coffee underwent washed processing at Finca Santa Matilde.