by Proud Mary Coffee – Proud Mary Coffee Melbourne
Origin
El Salvador
Process
Natural
Variety
Red Bourbon, Orange Bourbon, Pacamara, Bernardina
Altitude
1410 - 1600 masl
Roast Type
filter
<div class="product-description rte hidden"><p><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text;">When the Pacas afamily purchased La Guachoca in 2008, it was quite rundown. Still, given the land's location, altitude, and rich volcanic soil, they saw its potential and have been renovating the farm since 2013, planting specialty varieties such as Red and Orange Bourbon, </span><span style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text; border-bottom: transparent; background-position-x: 0px; background-position-y: 100%;">Pacamara</span><span style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text;">, and Bernardina. Named 'La </span><span style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text; border-bottom: transparent; background-position-x: 0px; background-position-y: 100%;">Guachoca</span><span style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text;">' after the small quail-like </span><span style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text; border-bottom: transparent; background-position-x: 0px; background-position-y: 100%;">Guachoca</span><span style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text;"> bird often sighted in the area, the farm sits on the extinct Cerro Verde volcano at an altitude between 1410 and </span><span style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text;">1600 meters</span><span style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text;"> above sea level. Since 2012, the Pacas family has developed and implemented a social responsibility strategy, ensuring their workers are provided with health and wellness programs, in addition to wages far exceeding the average in the agricultural sector. Despite these programs, the Pacas family find themselves in a similar position to many producers in El Salvador, where a labor shortage is driving their cost of production higher and higher. </span><span style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text;">We’re</span><span style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text;"> committed to our relationship with Maria, Alfredo, and the whole Pacas family and will continue to find new and creative ways to work together.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; user-select: text;"></span></p></div>
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