EL CARMEN ESTATE HOTEL & COFFEE RESORT

Explore El Salvador's café in the area of one of the families that made El Salvador more than a hundred years ago. The black nugget is produced, sorts, roasting and eaten. You can purchase at the end of the coffee and even large jute bags in the name of the beneficio. The plantation comprises a total of 150 manzanas and grows at 80% of arabica coffee and 20% of pacamara coffee. Pacamara is a Salvadorien café, a hybrid of pacas (el Salvador) and Maragogype (Brazilian). Coffee grows in the natural shade over 70% of the plantation, and its mielleuses waters (resulting from the washing of coffee grains) are reused on crops to combat the troya, or treated. The plantation is not certified, but it would appear to follow many production practices that are rather responsible. The harvest takes place from November to March. The same machines (imported from Scotland) have been used since 1930. 70% of the production is exported (for example, for the Three Musketeers in France, or still for large coffee chains such as Starbucks and Illy). 30% of the production is roasted on site and sold under the brand Café Ataco.