This extremely small farm, Pinares, has always been one of our favorites in all of Santa Bárbara. We are honored to offer this as a separated lot. In the cup we find a ripe and fresh expression of blueberries, hibiscus, bright acidity, and a long finish.
Pacas
Santa Bárbara
1,700 masl
June, 2024
Hand-picked at peak ripeness. Floated to further remove defects. De-pulped. Dry-fermented for 24 hours. Washed. Dried on raised beds for 16 days.
Pinares represents the dedication and hard work of our importing partner, Collaborative Coffee Source, and our exporting partner, Benjamin Paz. From a business perspective, preserving this coffee as a single lot makes little sense—99% of the time, a coffee like this would be blended to create a larger, more economical export size. Instead, this lot exists purely out of a shared passion for doing special and exciting things with coffee. We are deeply grateful to everyone who made this remarkable coffee possible.
Pacas is a natural mutation of Bourbon from the Bourbon/Typica group mainly found in El Salvador and Honduras. Like other Bourbon mutants, Pacas has a single-gene mutation that causes the plant to grow smaller (dwarfism). Unlike the hybrid varieties, Pacas is very susceptible to disease, making it riskier to grow.
The cost of getting a coffee from cherry to beverage varies enormously depending on its place of origin and the location of its consumption. The inclusion of price transparency is a starting point to inform broader conversation around the true costs of production and the sustainability of specialty coffee as a whole.