FAQs
Contact us
Belco

Las Nubes

Salvador - Apaneca - El Tambor - Tabi - Anaerobic

TabiAnaerobic Fermentation

Pick your crop :

Aromatic notes:

Spot price

€/kg


About this coffee

This farm borders two departments: Sonsonate and Santa Ana, corresponding to the western area of ​​El Salvador in the Apaneca – Ilamatepec region; considered one of the best farms in El Salvador, it is located at the base of the Santa Ana Volcano, which erupted in 2005. The eruption spewed a large number of ashes that was transformed into natural fertilizer. Ashes are very acidic and combined with any other fertilizer can poison the plant and kill it. Since the eruption 19 years ago, the farm has been worked and certified as 100% organic. Additionally, due to its social and environmental conditions, it has been certified as a Rainforest.

 

This coffee is produced border with the National Park “Los Volcanes” and Cerro Verde, downhill Santa Ana volcano; the soil is clay – sandy, rich in minerals and organic materia. This farm is located an altitude around 1,675 masl. The farm management is between April – November/December and the flowering season it can last between May to June. This farm is certified organic and for Rainforest Alliance.

The harvest time starts in January and finishes in April and we have approximately 700 tonnes per year of coffee cherry (1,800 bags of 69 kg of green coffee). About the processing of Tabi varietal, this coffee is picked, fermented in a natural way into tanks per 8 hours (with clean well water), depulped and washed; after that, goes to the warehouse to take some rest for some weeks and then goes to CUZCACHAPA mill to the final processing till exported.

Marketing tools & Certifications

POS displays, postcards, QR codes for packaging, ...

  • Origin

    El Salvador
  • Region

    Apaneca Ilamatepec
  • Terroir

    Ilamatepec
  • Farm

    Las Nubes
  • Producer

    Ernesto Lima
  • Species

    Arabica
  • Variety

    Tabi

  • Process

    Anaerobic Fermentation

  • Drying

    30 days drying beds

  • Packaging

    30kg - Jute bags

  • Altitude

    1675
  • Harvest period

    January - April
  • Type of harvest

    Manual

The region Apaneca Ilamatepec

The Apaneca – Ilamatepec mountain range, located in western El Salvador, is one of the most important coffee-growing regions in the country. It accounts for approximately 60% of the country's coffee production, thanks to its fertile, volcanic soils and favorable climate for the development and production of specialty coffee. This region is home to approximately 78,000 hectares of coffee plantations, distributed across the departments of Ahuachapán, Sonsonate, and Santa Ana. Economically, this mountain range generates thousands of direct and indirect jobs, from nursery planting to the wet & dry processing to the final bean preparation.

The Apaneca – Ilamatepec mountain range is also home to a rich biodiversity, with cloud forests that protect endemic species of flora and fauna, in addition to recharging aquifers and mitigating climate change, serving as an important green lung and ecological corridor in the region.  

Meet Ernesto Lima

Learn more

Equipments selection