El Carmen Estate is located at 1,350m above sea level in El Salvador’s Apaneca-Ilamatepec mountain range, one of Central America’s prime specialty coffee producing areas The estate has been owned by the Alfaro family for over a century. There are 38,000 coffee trees planted, from various varieties of Bourbon and Pacas. The high quality of El Carmen is due to the estate’s prime growing conditions and the family’s meticulous approach to harvesting and processing. The family places great emphasis on maintaining the identity of each lot, from the moment its coffee cherries are harvested until the point when the green beans are ready for export
