Hello fellow coffee lovers,
After celebrating our second birthday the other month we’re excited to bring you our next bit of news which is the launch of our new limited edition bean – a beautiful single origin bean from El Salvador with a cupping score of 85.25. This beautiful bean showcases some delicious fruity apple and plum flavours as well as a subtle toffee sweetness. It’s a natural processed red bourbon bean from Finca Santa Petrona, one of the farms owned by family run Café Tuxpal.
The history of Café Tuxpal traces back to 1905, when José Rosa Pacas bought his first farm in the Apaneca-Ilamatepec Mountain range – Finca San Rafael. A still active volcano in the west of the country, Ilamatepec does not only provide a rich and fertile soil, but also a microclimate with dry winters and warm summer in a country dominated with tropical weather. José planted coffee trees from the Bourbon varietal, and, a few generations later, coffee still runs in the family blood.
Federico Pacas Lopez, owner of Café Tuxpal, is the great-grandchild of Fernando Alberto Pacas Figueroa – Papa Beto. Over the years, the different farms and lands have been divided across the family branches. Federico’s great-grandmother, Petrona Palacios Diaz, acquired a plot of land back in 1927 and decided to plant bourbon coffee trees. In 1950, his daughter Petrona Diaz de Pacas (her father in-law was Papa Beto) inherited the land and planted Pacas trees.
The land has been passed through the generation and named Finca Santa Petrona in honour of their mother/grandmother. Federico Pacas Diaz – the father of the current owner – inherited Finca Santa Petrona from his mother in 1989, and purchased the same year Finca El Rosario, a 28-hectare farm in Santa Ana.
Over the years, he developed the business and installed a wet-mill to gain experience and independence in processing his cherries. When Federico’s son, Federico Pacas Lopez, took over the business. In 2012, Café Tuxpal was made of six farms, a wet mill and a dry mill.
Café Tuxpal is now involved in the entire coffee supply chain: farming, processing, exporting, roasting and coffee shops. In addition to processing the cherries from its own farms, Café Tuxpal also buys cherries from neighbourhood farmers. Lots are as much as possible kept and processed separately to let the coffee express its intrinsic flavours.
We’re excited to see what you think of this wonderful El Salvador bean! Do let us know – send us a message or tag us on your socials @durhamcoffeeuk | #durhamcoffeeuk – we’d love to hear your thoughts!
All our best,
Until next time,
Cherish The Moments – Savour The Taste!
Carina & Bernhard x