EL SALVADOR | Familia Pacas | Bourbon & Pacas | Washed

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About This Bean

<p><strong>Region:</strong> <meta charset="utf-8"><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW179588920 BCX8">Coatepeque</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW179588920 BCX8">, Santa Ana</span></p> <p><strong>Elevation:</strong> <meta charset="utf-8"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW179588920 BCX8">1400–1600 </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW179588920 BCX8">masl</span></p> <p><strong>About:</strong> <span class="TextRun SCXW41464688 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW41464688 BCX8">This coffee hails from the famous Pacas family in El Salvador and is a blend from several of their farms around the Santa Ana Volcano. The farms overlook the picture-perfect Lake </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW41464688 BCX8">Coatepeque</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW41464688 BCX8"> and are shrouded in mist for most of the day, creating a unique microclimate for growing coffee. The Pacas family </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW41464688 BCX8">organises</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW41464688 BCX8"> and funds </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW41464688 BCX8">a number of</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW41464688 BCX8"> social projects in their local community, including a coffee certification program to train the next generation of producers and the Power to Transform program that teaches communication skills in local schools, something </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW41464688 BCX8">very important</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW41464688 BCX8"> in a community that has been plagued by political violence in the past. The Pacas family’s operation is carbon negative, meaning that their farms sequester more carbon than their operation releases into the atmosphere. This is especially important in El Salvador, which has one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world and has seen its forested areas decrease from 85% to 15% of its territory. </span></span><span data-ccp-props='{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}' class="EOP SCXW41464688 BCX8"> </span></p> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW41464688 BCX8"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW41464688 BCX8" paraeid="{41edf526-d3bd-4448-b662-0cb576e5e955}{219}" paraid="1981290574"><span class="TextRun SCXW41464688 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW41464688 BCX8">“Producing coffee is no easy task. You need to be passionate about it, and we are lucky to have that passion in ourselves.” ~ Maria Pacas.</span></span><span data-ccp-props='{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}' class="EOP SCXW41464688 BCX8"> </span></p> </div> <!---->