El Salvador Los Pirineos Black Honey Pacamara

We have been partnering with the Baranoa family and Finca Los Pirineos for over a decade, and they have been running the farm for over a century.

Sparkling and delicate with flavors of lychee, pomegranate, and rose hips, this black-honey processed Pacamara variety lot is the first of three coffees that we will be featuring from them this year.

Start your day with this delicious light roast coffee from an award-winning farm.

12oz
2lb

One-time order

$20.50

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Flavor Profile

Origin
Berlín, Usulutan Department
Tasting Notes
Sparkling and delicate with flavors of lychee, pomegranate, and rose hips.
Roast Level

Light Med Lt Med Med Dark Dark

Origin Story

Diego Baranoa

Named in honor of the Pyrenees, the mountain range that serves as a natural border between Spain and France, Finca Los Pirineos is the mountainous divide between the coffee towns of Santiago de María and Berlín, located in central El Salvador on the slopes of Tecapa Volcano. By some accounts, cultivation of coffee on the farm started in 1890, but whatever the exact date, the farm has been owned by the Baraona family for well over a century. Although specializing in heirloom variety Bourbon, an additional 94 varieties of coffee are maturing in a test nursery next to the mill. Initial results of these experimental plots are beginning to come in, with the goal of identifying the best varieties for planting elsewhere on the farm. In the coming years, we look forward to seeing how these new coffee varieties naturalize on the farm.

Altitude

6,200 feet

Variety

Pacamara

Processing

Black Honey

Why We Love This Coffee

We are happy to present another fine coffee from Finca Los Pirineos, a testament to the long-lasting partnership with the Baraona family that started over a decade ago. This black-honey processed Pacamara variety lot is the first of three coffees that we will be featuring from Finca Los Pirineos this year. After harvesting and pulping, trace amounts of fruit were left clinging to the beans, classifying this lot as a black-honey processed coffee, so named for its sticky, honey-like appearance. Honey processed coffees from Central America are often given a color classification to help differentiate them determined by the amount of fruit left on the beans – the darker the color, the more fruit there is clinging to the beans during drying.

Pacamara is a cultivar that is a cross between the Typica derived Maragogype variety, which produces very large beans, and Pacas, a compact-growing selection of the heirloom variety Bourbon. As a result of this parentage, Pacamara plants are small in stature, but produce enormous beans known for their high cup quality and being notoriously challenging to roast.

Sustainably Sourced

Good Coffee, Better Planet

We treasure our relationships in the global coffee community and invest in projects at origin to support our partners in their commitment to environmental sustainability and social welfare. We also invest in reducing our day-to-day impact, through initiatives like energy-efficient Loring Smart Roasters to reduce carbon emissions per batch by 80%.

As a certified B Corporation, we are a leader in sustainable practices that impact people and the planet. This third-party certification requires us to demonstrate transparency and accountability throughout our supply chain and quantify the impact our business creates for our employees, the community, and the environment. We are proud to be part of this community working together toward one unifying goal: using business as a force for good.

El Salvador Los Pirineos Black Honey Pacamara

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