Finca Tizapa Tablon Cajete - El Salvador 2011 Verified listing

Overview

The Apaneca region is one of the premier coffee-growing regions in El Salvador . Coffee was introduced to this region in the late 1800s and one of the pioneers, General Francisco Menendez, the father of the education system in El Salvador during his tenure as president, began what is now the Tizapa farm. Happy childhood memories spent at the coffee plantation inspired the present owner Haydee (General Menendezs great-grand-daughter) and her husband Jose to maintain and improve the property, a job that now falls on their children, Graciela and Enrique, and their families. Generations of coffee-growing expertise, both among the owners and the workers, have resulted in a farm that puts quality above quantity. The plantation is mostly Bourbón, with small plots of Pacamara mixed in. Tizapa farm uses small quantities of fertilizers and minimum amounts of chemicals, to preserve both our quality and the environment. In this spirit, Tizapa also has one of the few remaining large-growth forests in the area. Tizapa coffee is picked ripe and sent exclusively to Los Amates mill, which has processed Cup of Excellence winning coffee for the last three years in a row. The coffee is processed separately with clean spring water and is sun-dried exclusively in african beds. Following a long tradition of community service, including the building of the first community health center in Apaneca by the present owners father, Dr. Enrique Magana, Tizapa farm has many programs designed to improve the lives of the surrounding community. We have programs for zero-interest small loans and for subsidizing the purchase of farm implements, medicines and staple foods for our workers and neighbors. Our main building also serves as an occasional clinic for the community. We thank you for your interest in Tizapa and our coffee and we hope you enjoy drinking it as much as we enjoyed producing it.