This coffee is produced by Mapache Coffee, a fifth-generation family operation managed by Jan-Carlo and Sofia Handkeke in the Apaneca Ilamatepec mountain range of El Salvador. The beans come from Finca El Naranjito and Finca Casa de Zinc in Concepción de Ataco, Ahuachapán, grown at 1,300 meters altitude. It is a washed coffee made from Bourbon and Pacas varieties. The cupping notes feature cinnamon spice, dark caramel, tartness, and a syrupy body. The coffee is roasted dark.
Steel Oak Coffee was founded in 2016 by Carl and Michele Dupper in Ormond Beach, Florida, with a focus on small batch specialty grade coffee. The roastery produces clean, natural flavors without additives, letting the bean speak for itself across a rotating selection of origins from Ethiopia, Kenya, Nicaragua, Brazil, Guatemala, and Colombia. Steel Oak sources ethically and seasonally, with full traceability that allows the Duppers to share the producer stories and farming practices behind every bag. Visitors to the roastery can watch the process firsthand, experiencing a working small batch operation up close.
