The Saviour - El Salvador

At JCT we tend to look for particular flavours from El Salvador - often plum, sometimes a grape or rasin note paired with a dark chocolate. We have hit close to those notes this selection but gone a hint brighter and creamer. A choice we were happy to make. We would recommend this coffee for any brewing technique from espresso to pourover - we enjoy using this El Salvadorian coffee as espresso or filter coffee in our shops. 

Felicita Ditamar is an experienced farmer from El Tunel village in La Palma town.
Twenty-seven years ago, she started working with coffee thanks to a program
funded by the government to develop the area and promote coffee cultivation. She
started with only 500 coffee seedlings planted at her father’s farm, a property that
she later inherited. Three years later, when the plants were fully productive, she
realized it was an opportunity to grow more coee and to have an income. She saw
progress in coffee; that is why her farm is named “El Progreso” to honor the growth
opportunities and the chance to become an independent woman.

For Felicita, being a farmer has not been an easy path, but she has found strength
and support in her family. Today, all her daughters and sons-in-law help manage and
harvest the farm. Ten years ago, she started working with specialty coffee to
improve farm management practices and quality. Nowadays, 75% of her total
production is sold as specialty coffee. In the future, she plans to slowly improve
drying infrastructure and plant more Pacamara trees to increase production. She
shares that what motivates her to continue working in specialty coffees is to access
better prices and knowing roasters are happy with her coffee. Thanks to coffee
Felicita has improved her family's lives.