El Salvador is the smallest Central American country, yet it plays a significant role in coffee cultivation. Relative to its size, compared to other coffee-producing countries, it exports a lot of coffee, and moreover, these belong to the higher quality category.
In El Salvador, the majority of coffee is grown in plant communities, in the shade, and picked by hand, and most of the farms are family owned. According to the law passed after the end of the civil war, the maximum farm size can be 245 hectares, so large-scale cultivation is simply not possible, 90% of farms are smaller than 20 hectares.
Several varieties of Arabica are grown, but the most typical sub-variety for the country is bourbon, which accounts for 60% of the crop, and this is also in our capsules. We tried to convey the light, citrusy, sweet flavor characteristic of bourbon in the capsule as well. Bean Candy is our lightest roasted coffee with the usual specialty taste, yet with a sufficiently strong body and finish. The coffee is "single origin", i.e. it comes from one growing area. Our coffee comes from the Concepción de Ataco region, located at an altitude of 1,100 meters, where up to 1,900 mm of precipitation can fall annually, which, combined with the sunshine, promotes the production of coffees with a special taste.
