Organic Peru San Fernando

Fernando Lima and his brother Ernesto are some of the most decorated coffee farmers in El Salvador. Over the years, their family-run farms have won the El Salvador Cup of Excellence competition a staggering 24 times. This past March, we were able to travel to El Salvador to spend some time with the Lima brothers cupping and visiting some of Fernando’s farms.

This isn’t the first year that we’ve offered Fernando Lima’s coffee. Long-time Kickapoo Coffee drinkers may remember last year's El Salvador “La Campanula” as a highlight of our 2016 Central American lineup. “El Corozo” is a farm right next door, perched from 1800-1900 meters on the slopes of the Santa Ana Volcano. In 2006, the Santa Ana Volcano erupted and completely covered the farm in over a foot of volcanic ash. The coffee trees nearly died, but were uncovered just in time to survive. This eruption is actually the reason why El Corozo became certified organic, as the ash made the soil too acidic to use non-organic fertilizer anymore.

Since then, the farm has thrived despite the spread of coffee rust in much of Central America. Partly because of it’s position on Santa Ana Volcano, nestled between the beautiful volcanic lake Lago de Coatepeque and the Cerro Verde national park.

This year's lot from El Corozo is comprised exclusively of the Dwarf Bourbon variety. As the name implies, this variety is shorter than its more common Bourbon ancestor. This helps protect the trees from high winds that can sometimes be a problem at El Corozo and provides an extremely unique cup profile that we’re excited to share.