El Salvador (La Palma) Award Winning Coffee

Farm: Finca Pena Redonda

Varietal: Pacamara

Processing: Fully Washed and sun dried

Altitude: 1,400 to 1,500 meters above sea level

Owner: Carlos Mauricio Lemus Landaverde

Town/City: La Palma

Region: Chalatenango (Alotepec-Metapan)

Pena Redonda lies in the fertile foothills of the Alotepec-Metapan mountain range, in the municipality of La Palma in El Salvador’s Chalatenango Department. The farm ranges across 8 hectares on slopes that reach 1,400 to 1,500 meters above sea level. Pena Redonda’s name is derived from a large rock (180 metres by 60 metres) that is located in the middle of the farm, and the region is, indeed, rocky. Far from struggling with the area’s rough terrain, however, Carlos Mauricio Lemus Landaverde has shown Pena Redonda to be a prime example of the region’s potential for excellence in coffee quality. He farms 4 acres of Pacamara, 4 of Pacas and  of an acre of Bourbon here, and his coffee has placed in El Salvador’s Cup of Excellence for the last four years running.