Alotepec-Metapán, in El Salvador’s northwest near the borders with Guatemala and Honduras, is the country’s highest coffee zone, reaching 1,200–2,300m.
Alotepec-Metapán, in El Salvador’s northwest near the borders with Guatemala and Honduras, is the country’s highest coffee zone, reaching 1,200–2,300m.
Washed processing produces bright, vivid high-quality Bourbon specialty — florals, caramel, tropical fruit, jasmine.A mountain region that shows El Salvador’s “other face.”.
The Alotepec range and the Metapán mountains anchor El Salvador’s northwestern corner, a mountain system continuous across the borders with Guatemala’s Fraijanes and Honduras’s Copán. With parcels rising past 2,000m, the cool climate lets cherries ripen slowly, producing floral, complex top-quality lots.
El Salvador still keeps a high share of Bourbon, preserving a traditional flavor where other countries swapped varieties for yield. Alotepec-Metapán Bourbon in particular puts florals and caramel out front — an elegant, high-toned style distinct from Apaneca-Ilamatepec’s balance.
Draws out the Bourbon variety’s sweetness and silky mouthfeel.
Concentrates the chocolate and citrus flavors.
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