Name: Los Angeles

Producer: Los Naranjos

Origin: AHUACHAPÁN, EL SALVADOR

Varietal: Pacamara

Altitude: 1350 metres above sea level

Process: Natural

Flavours: Mango, Papaya & Grapefruit

Cup Score: 85.5

Harvest: November- February 

Importer: Falcon Coffee

Where is it from?

Finca Los Angeles is a beautiful 23 Manzana planted with only Pacamara farm situated in the Ahuachapán mountain range in the west of El Salvador.
This farm is part of the Los Naranjos group headed by Sigfredo Corado a retired professor of Agronomy from the National School of Agriculture. The farm is part of the Renacer Program (Reborn in Spanish) which is a technical coffee field school and educational program for producers in the area to learn about better farm management practices. This program is funded by Raices (Roots) and supported by Catholic Relief Services in El Salvador.

The Technical field school is led by Sigfredo with 6 field technicians who help small to medium producers in the area by focusing on best farm practices that are restorative for the land and soil as well as beneficial for the yield and quality of the coffee.

The field school is based at the sister farm named Finca Noruega where there is a class held twice a month for the students. Throughout the year there are 3 modules and these look to focus on the 4 R's the program have developed for soil health.

Right Source.
Right Dose.
Right Place.
Right Moment.

This year they have 60 students and at Finca Noruega where the technical school is based, the students work the test plots where they can implement the knowledge gained in class before applying it to their farms. Finca Noruega is 43 Manzanas planted with a range of varieties from Bourbon to Gesha.

Los Angeles

This farm is planted only with Pacamara and has been under Sigfredo for 10 years. Since he took on the farm they have used no herbicides to help replenish the soil and nutrients to give a good base for growing coffee once again. The farm is broken into 23 Manzanas with approximately 3000 trees in each section. The farm is beautifully divided with shade trees and wind barriers to protect the trees. The farm is managed on a day to day basis by some of the graduates from the technical school as well.

The coffee is selectively harvested and from here it then is taken to the wet mill and drying beds at Beneficio San Rafael located between the two hills of El Pilon and Cerro Aguila at 1450 masl. When it's time to harvest, the local football field is filled with drying beds for all the coffees that come from the farms Los Angeles and Noruega.

The Pacamara lot is washed and floated before then being sealed in a barrel to ferment for 48 hrs without removing the skin.
After this, the coffee is then taken to the raised beds and then dries for 25 - 30 days being turned regularly.

Roast

Light/Medium


Brew

Filter & Espresso