These coffee beans from El Salvador are new in from Fika’s Durham roastery: bold, sweet and chocolatey with a little bit of sharp raspberry to liven things up. This great all rounder works brilliantly however you brew.

El Cipres covers over 90 hectares on the slopes of the Pichacho Volcano, and has been with the Alvarez family since they moved to El Salvador from Colombia in the 1880s. Amongst their coffee crops, which climb from 1070 to 1800MASL, they maintain 5 hectares of forestry that provides shade, biodiversity and helps to protect native wildlife habitats. 

Operating such a large mill means employing a big workforce- both permanent workers who are housed on site and temporary pickers who are employed during the harvest season. Once picked, this natural coffee is delivered to the El Borbollon mill for processing.