El Salvador - Carlos Pola

About This Coffee

The Pola family has run their farms since the late 19th century, when coffee was first introduced to El Salvador by one of the presidents. Carlos and his father are the sixth and fifth generation of farmers. They manage three farms, two large and one small, all located in the Ilamatepec mountain range in western El Salvador, at altitudes between 1,250 and 1,600 masl. After harvest, cherries were shade-rested in the same sacks for three days (for oxinegation), then naturally dried on raised beds