El Salvador Buena Vista

When you’re in the mood for a more classic flavor, this coffee is for you. It has rich dark chocolate notes balanced with hint of red berries, like cranberry. Perfect with sweet desserts and also works beautifully as an espresso.

Buena Vista is a tablon, or block, within Finca El Molino—one of the Salaverria Family’s farms—situated at elevations ranging from 1,400 to 1,700 meters above sea level.

Fully ripe cherries were handpicked and then dried on patios.

The farm is owned by El Salvadorian producer José Antonio Salaverria and his sons, Andrés and José Antonio Jr., who are sixth-generation coffee producers. Originating from Huachapan, their family legacy began with coffee cultivation. The coffees from various farms are processed at their central mill, Beneficio Las Cruces, purchased in 1990 and significantly improved over the years.

The family, having three primary coffee production areas around the Santa Ana volcano in El Salvador—Santa Rita, San Francisco, and El Molino—implemented a quality program in 2011, emphasising lot separation based on altitude, quality potential, and growing conditions. This involved separating small farms and blocks and experimenting with various processes, including fermentation and soaking, to optimise quality and create value-added products. The blocks on each farm are called tablones.