Fernando Lima’s family has been in coffee for over a century, and his own specialty coffee history spans an impressive 25 years. Fernando’s attitude to coffee is based on a love for his homeland of El Salvador and a concern for the future of coffee. His award-winning coffee- which includes 6 Cups of Excellence- is produced without the use of chemical pesticides or fertilisers and with a big emphasis on sustainability, traceability and educating the next generation of coffee growers through partnerships with local schools.

The family care for a combined 1000 acres of coffee across 22 farms, all offering different altitudes, micro climates, soil types and varieties. This lot comes from the highest of them all, Finca El Corozo, which sits at 1900MASL on the Ilamatepec volcano. After a volcanic eruption in 2005, Fernando cleared the plot by hand and re-planted it with thriving Pacamara plants that reap the rewards of the volcanic soil.

This honey process lot offers sweet and moreish nutty flavour, with some complex heather honey aromatics and apricot acidity. We can see why Spaceboy are shouting about this incredibly versatile coffee, we’ll be using this one as a crowd-pleasing filter option.