Finca El Cerro, El Salvador

Nestled amidst luscious greenery across the mountainous region of Apaneca “Ilamatepec” Finca El Cerro is a farm that not only produces coffee, but mills and exports their coffee as well as providing the best healthcare and education programs for their team members. Priding themselves for environmentally-friendly growing methods to ensure sustainable coffee cultivation, the mill practices a variety of processes such as washed, semi-washed, natural and honey. A few years ago, the mill began experimenting with anaerobic processing and has achieved great results. This method involves de-hulled coffee beans packed into an air-tight container, locking out oxygen to ferment over a couple of days, bringing out flavours otherwise not observed.