ABOUT THE COFFEE

The natural process used to extract these coffee beans from their cherries has given San Joaquin Espresso characteristics of fine wine and raisins.

About the area

Finca San Joaquin is situated in Canton Buenos Aires, which is in the Chalchuapa, Santa Ana region of El Salvador. The 45-hectare farm grows Bourbon coffee, harvesting the plants from November to March.

About the farm

San Joaquin has belonged to the same family since 1905, when the current owner’s grandmother’s grandmother, Petrona Palacios de Diaz first bought the land. She named the farm after Senora Santa Ana’s husband, the patron saint of the family’s home city.

San Joaquin is 1,700 metres above sea level at the Ayeco Mount, on the north-eastern part of the Lamatepec volcano. This volcano is part of the Apaneca-Lamatepec mountain range, a part of the world that is considered to be one of the most important coffee regions in El Salvador.

The farm is dubbed “The farm of the morning sun”, as, due to its location, the trees only receive natural light before noon. This means the coffee cherries ripen slowly and naturally.

ABOUT CAFÉ PACAS

Café Pacas is committed to positively improving the lives of the people who work on farms connected to their society.

An organisation that works with multiple farms across El Salvador, Café Pacas is committed to improving life for farming communities. Since 2012, Pacas has been running a social responsibility strategy - comprised of a number of different programmes, and partnered with other institutions to help contribute to their society. The programmes they have spearheaded are mostly focused on grassroots education, though they have also worked on violence prevention programmes in the communities where the farms are located. In 2014, in response to high levels of stress due to violence in the society in general, Café Pacas decided to change their focus to the team members - running workshops like Emotional Intelligence and Assertive Communication. Now they’re running a range of workshops for everyone involved in their associated farms, from field workers to admin staff.

San Joaquin Espresso

We offer flexible coffee plans for businesses and coffee lovers. Plans start at 46p a cup and we offer free delivery. We ethically source coffee from 8+ countries, pay farmers a cut above Fairtrade prices and freshly roast in Surrey.

San Joaquin Espresso

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San Joaquin Espresso

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