Ignacio “Nacho” Gutierrez, a Cup of Excellence award winner, is known for growing quality Pacamara and we feel honoured to be able to share it. Nacho, as per his nickname, earned his family living by growing tomatoes and wood trees prior to transitioning into coffee production in 2005.
Ignacio is certainly a master of coffee drying techniques, which is why he is able to achieve such fruity, complex & layered coffees year after year.
He started off with a small piece of land with just 500 coffee trees, but ever since Nacho’s hard work and dedication was awarded by winning the Cup of Excellence in 2011, 2013, 2015 (first place, with a record breaking score from a coffee lot from Los Pocitos), and again in 2017. Nacho has reinvested each year’s COE winnings back into improving and expanding his farms, and today operates three small farms (Los Pocitos, La Roxanita, and San Nicolas). All three small farms owned by Ignacio are in close proximity in the northern region of El Salvador, in Chalatenango.
Nacho works his farms with his family group, and they have mastered all three major drying processes — washed, honey and natural.
The elevation at the farms range from 1,500 to 1,700 meters and the farms are planted with Pacas, Pacamara, Gesha and SL28. Despite facing challenges like coffee-leaf rust, his commitment to improving the production quality has resulted in consistent, award-winning coffee.
