Salvador - Apaneca - Ataco - Villa Galicia - Pineapple - Natural

To achieve this process, the coffee cherries must be harvested at their peak ripeness and then transported to the wet mill, located in Ataco's municipality. The coffee is then left to rest for a day in jute bags and then floated to remove impurities and unripe or overripe cherries. Last but not least, the cherries are shade-dried on raised beds for over 25 days.

The producer makes sure to stir the coffee regularly to ensure even drying, and time does the rest!

Mauricio developed this recipe to enhance the coffee's tropical flavor. 

Villa Galicia is owned by Mauricio Salaverria. This 12-hectare farm is located on the "Route of Flowers". Mauricio has invested in an ecological processing plant and has perfect mastery of the post-harvest coffee processes on his Villa Galicia farm.

The story of Villa Galicia goes back more than a century, when Don Manuel Ariz left Galicia, in Spain, and arrived in Concepción de Ataco, in Ahuachapán, in an area known by its inhabitants as the place of "high springs". Señor Ariz then had the brilliant idea of investing in small plots of land nearby, starting with 13.5 hectares of excellent clay-limestone terroir that today make up the Villa Galicia farm.

If you want to talk to an expert in microlots, Mauricio is the place to turn! Mauricio Sallaveria is as well known for his smile as for the care he puts into the post-harvest processes for each of his coffees. 

His high level of expertise enables him to supply a very wide range of coffees, skilfully juggling the different varieties and processes. When you taste his coffees, you'll sense a beautiful subtlety, whatever the farm: Villa Galicia, Finca Himalaya, Cruz Gorda or the El Divisadero and El Copo plots.