Santa Rosa - Honey Pacamara | El Salvador

El Salvador — Jorge Raul Rivera Jr. Finca Santa Rosa Pacamara (Honey)

Tastes Like — 🍓 Red Berries • 🫐 Blackberry • 🍯 Honey • 🌸 Floral

DETAILS

• Producer: Jorge Raul Rivera Jr.
• Farm: Finca Santa Rosa
• Region: Chalatenango, El Salvador
• Varietal: Pacamara
• Process: Honey
• Altitude: 1586 MASL
• Size: 200g

INTRO

In Chalatenango, at 1586 metres, Jorge Raul Rivera Jr. farms his Pacamara with patience and quiet confidence. This year he won Cup of Excellence with his honey processed Pacamara, and honestly, after standing there with him, it felt deserved.

THE PRODUCER

Visiting Santa Rosa was emotional for us in an unexpected way. Coming from Central Europe, we did not expect to feel something so familiar in El Salvador. Pine trees everywhere, the smell of forest air, bees moving around us, and between all of it, coffee trees growing peacefully. For a moment, it felt like two worlds blending together. It did not feel distant. It felt close.

Jorge Raul Rivera Jr. farms his Pacamara with patience and quiet confidence at 1586 metres in Chalatenango. His Cup of Excellence win this year with his honey processed Pacamara speaks to the care and dedication behind every decision made at Santa Rosa.

THE PROCESS

The Honey process at Finca Santa Rosa involves:

• 🍒 Cherry Selection — Careful picking at peak ripeness
• 🔧 De-Pulping — Mechanical removal whilst retaining mucilage
• ☀️ Drying with Mucilage — Dried with natural sugars intact
• 📅 Controlled Drying — Careful monitoring throughout

This honey process gives this coffee depth and natural sweetness, creating the warmth and structure characteristic of this Cup of Excellence winner.

THE CUP

Red berries, blackberry, gentle florals and a honey-like roundness. Warm, structured, and full of care. The honey process gives this coffee depth and natural sweetness, but what stays with us is the feeling behind it. This is not just a winning coffee. It is a place and a person we truly connected with.

Flavour Notes

• 🍓 Red Berries
• 🫐 Blackberry
• 🍯 Honey
• 🌸 Floral

What is the roast recency?

Mazelab doesn't advertise a roast preference to Filter or Espresso, instead they are roasted for the best amongst both - often called Omniroast. That being said, Mazelab typically roast towards a developed medium-light.

We recommend brewing with beans that are at least two weeks off roast. All beans are roasted to peak flavour at around 8-12 weeks. We have the option to either purchase standard beans (at least 2 weeks but no longer than 6 weeks off roast), or rested beans (at least 7 weeks off roast, no longer than 12). For peak flavour, if you are looking to use immediately, we recommend purchasing the rested beans. If you are adding to your rotation of beans, we recommend purchasing the standard and allowing the beans to naturally rest and mature whilst you rotate through other beans.