Coffee review

Introduction of peeled sun-dried beans on Santa Rita Farm (Santa Rita) in El Salvador

Published: 2025-08-21 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2025/08/21, Santa Rita Farm in El Salvador (Santa Rita) peeled Sun Bean (Pupled Natural) Santa Rita Farm (Finca Santa Rita) named in honor of the Italian nun Santa Rita. The farm belongs to the JASAL Group of El Salvador. JASAL has more than a hundred years of experience in the production management, post-processing and export of boutique coffee. Santa Rita Farm for Sal

Sun-dried peeled beans (Pupled Natural) at Santa Rita Farm (Santa Rita) in El Salvador

Santa Rita Farm (Finca Santa Rita) is named in honor of the Italian nun Santa Rita. The farm belongs to the JASAL Group of El Salvador. JASAL has more than a hundred years of experience in the production management, post-processing and export of boutique coffee.

Located in the Apaneca-Ilamatepec Mountains north of El Salvador (north of Guardia Mara) at an altitude of about 1650 m (5,000 ft), the fertile volcanic mud of the Ilamatepec volcanic area provides the ideal soil for the Santa Rita farm to grow coffee. The soil, microclimate and excellent environment make it the oldest and best-built producing area in El Salvador.

All coffee trees have shade, which also serves as a habitat for local animals. Coffee is harvested 100% by hand and only fully ripe coffee similar to red cherries is harvested. This sun-treated coffee bean will be dried in the open for a few weeks so that the coffee beans can absorb the natural sweetness of the fruit and the heat of the sun.

Peel-free sun treatment and peel-free fermented honey treatment in Central America is a very innovative treatment in recent years, because in humid and rainy Central America, it is quite difficult to strike a balance between drying and quality of coffee fruits.

Coffee characteristics

Variety: Bourbon bourbon

Treatment: Natural natural sun peel drying

Flowering period: June~August June to August

Harvest time: between November and February of the following year, one harvest a year

Raw bean size: 17 ~ 18 mesh

Cultivation status: shade planting, strict hand selection and peeling and sun exposure.

Bean hardness: very hard bean (Strictly High Grown,SHG)

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