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Finca El Retiro was founded by Fernando Alberto Pacas Figueroa in 1927. The farm has been handed down for four generations and is now owned and managed by Alfredo Parks and his family: it is one of several small estates managed by their family in the privileged highlands of El Salvador's fertile Apaneia-Iramatpec mountains.

Alfredo passed on his tradition and love of coffee cultivation to his children-Alfredo and Maria-who brought new vitality and modern methods to coffee production. They have a clear vision of El Salvador's specialty coffee industry; especially on their own farms. Alfredo and Maria continue to push boundaries to improve quality, combining traditional best practices (such as the use of agobio pruning methods, planting varieties and implementing meticulous soil and shade management) with advanced quality control systems and technologies. The management and recording technology from harvest to harvest is particularly important because of its strictness and scientificalness.

El Retiello's coffee grows under a shade and is made up of native tree species such as legume balsam and ingas. Both trees were chosen because of their thick fallen leaves, which provide rich, natural mulch to make them fertile. The farm also provides the perfect habitat for wild animals, including squirrels, armadillos, wild cats and quails.

The 100% Bernardina wine is processed in a natural way, which the farm has been perfecting since 2012. The coffee is picked by hand only when it is fully ripe and sent to Pacas's home wet mill Vidagua on the same day. As soon as they arrived here, the cherries were immediately placed on the seedbed of the mill. The cherries should be dried for about 20 days and turned regularly (about 9 times a day) to ensure uniform drying. After the optimum humidity is reached, coffee bean samples are taken from dried cherries and cupped in the Pacas family's indoor cupping laboratory; quality is ensured and then transferred and stored in the parchment warehouse on the farm; give the beans a good "rest". When the coffee is ready for export, it finally passes through the dryer before vacuum packaging.

Bernardina?! "what is that? You might ask. That's what's interesting.

At the end of 2012, the Pacas family bought a farm called Finca Los Bellotos. They are attracted by their beautiful location and well-maintained farms, including bourbon and Pacas plantations. When they first saw the farm, they fell in love with the land, scenery and people. The farm is located in the west of a volcano called Cerro Verde. The altitude is between 1400 and 1600. The farm is protected by strong winds in the face of Mount Izarko, but it always brings thick fog in the evening, which cools the air and helps cherry trees mature slowly.

When the family first started working on the farm, the farm manager Ruperto mentioned that he had noticed some strange trees growing on the farm. He said that when he tasted their fruit, the taste was really unique and obviously complicated. Ruperto had repeatedly brought this to the attention of previous owners; however, they chose to ignore his observations and continue to mix unusual cherries with other harvests.

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