04/08/2026
last week our team traveled around el salvador to catch the tail end of harvest, cup coffees, and spend time at farms and mills weโre hoping to work with.
since we havenโt sourced much from el salvador before, this trip was about getting a feel for the regions and meeting the people behind the coffee. we spent time out west near Apaneca, then headed up north to Chalatenango later in the week.
we visited the pacas family farm with maria pacas and got to taste their bernardina, which was really special. also spent time at finca medrano in san ignacio โ super high elevation, fully organic, and just an insane level of care for such a small farm.
we brought back a lot of samples and are still making final calls, but one weโre moving forward with is an eight bag nano lot we found in an insanely unexpected way. our uber driver from the airport started telling us about his momโs farm, award winning and producing 88 point high elevation Pacamara there. small world. incredible coffee.
(the last picture shows our uber driver and his mom)
we are excited to share more about these as they land, but we are really excited about what we found here.
