{"product_id":"las-mesitas-el-salvador","title":"Las Mesitas, El Salvador","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo producers contributed to this all Pacamara lot:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrenda Hernandez, Finca El Ojo de Agua, San Fernando, Chalatenango .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe majority of this lot is from Brenda! Brenda Hernandez is an entrepreneur, community leader, and producer of Finca El Ojo de Agua, which takes its name from a natural water spring vitalto the farm's activities. Brenda Hernandez tells us that she loves coffee and life in the countryside. The farm has become her primary source of income, but more importantly, a source of employment for many people in her community. For Brenda, the climate, the soil and her desire to improve things are a great combination and part of her success. She dreams of one day having her own coffee brand, as she is always looking for new projects and opportunities to grow!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe has been working with conventional coffee for 9 years, and 3 years ago, she started focusing on specialty coffee. Furthermore, she says things have changed since then, especially in terms of income, lifestyle and mindset. Over the years, she has been involved in specialty coffee, producing quality coffees rated 85, 86 and even higher. To achieve this, Brenda says she doesn't work alone but that her farm is a family business, with her mother\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEmma running the farm, Brenda taking care of all the administration, purchasing inputs, labor and selling coffee, and her father Francisco and brothers responsible for managing the farms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt Finca El Ojo de Agua, different varieties of coffee are grown, including Pacas, which accounts for 40%, Costa Rica 95 30%, Pacamara 20% and Lempira, 10%. They start with a selective harvest to obtain quality coffee, and the coffee fruits are pulped on the same day on the farm. The coffee is then packed in clean sacks and bags and transported by mules or horses to the house where Brenda lives, 2 kilometers away, to carry out the fermentation process. Depending on the weather, fermentation takes 15 hours or\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003elonger in concrete piles. The coffee is then washed and rinsed 2 or 3 times to remove the mucilage. Drying takes place directly under the sun on raised beds. However, due to the microclimate and shade, the coffee is not exposed to the sun all day, so it dries slowly for an average of 15 days. At the end of this process, Brenda stores the coffee in a storage room conditioned for dry parchment coffee before taking the lots directly to the Caravela\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebuying station.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe remaining (a small amount ~55kg)  is from  Hector Cruz Ochoa Landaverde, Finca El Naranjo, La Palma, Chalatenango. He started working with Caravela last harvest, he produces coffee on 2 hectares at 1210 masl. He’s an older producer (74!) and grows Pacamara and Pacas at Finca El Naranjo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRegion: Chalatenango, El Salvador\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElevation: 1200-1600 masl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProcess: Semi-Washed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVariety: Pacamara\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe Taste: Black Plum \/ Dried Cranberry \/ Bosc Pear\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elixr Coffee","offers":[{"title":"12oz","offer_id":45238533390379,"sku":"LASMES-1-12OZ-WB","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5lb","offer_id":45238533423147,"sku":"LASMES-1-5LB-WB","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2565\/6836\/files\/lasmesitasBag.png?v=1788193672","url":"https:\/\/elixrcoffee.com\/products\/las-mesitas-el-salvador","provider":"Elixr Coffee","version":"1.0","type":"link"}