Villa España. Cafe de El Salvador

About This Coffee

This coffee is produced by Los Hermanos Mena (Jorge, Alfredo, and Víctor) at Villa España farm in the Apaneca region of El Salvador. The farm sits at 1,300-1,450 meters altitude and has been in the family for six generations since the late 19th century. It is a Natural Anaerobic processed coffee using a 300-hour cherry fermentation followed by outdoor drying with the "Sleeping bag" technique. The variety is Bourbon, and the coffee offers tasting notes of berries, mandarin, raisins, and milk chocolate.

Origin

Apaneca (El Salvador)

Flavor Notes

Berries, Butter, Blackberries, Raisins, Black Chocolate, Jazmín, Chocolate Negro, Moras, Mantequilla, Chocolate Con Leche, Mandarina, Bayas, Pasas, Mulberries

Roast Level

Medium

Processing

Washed, Natural Anaerobic, Semilavado 144h, Semi-Lavado

Typology

Arabica

Geisha, Bourbón

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Kima Coffee

Rabi Aouam trained as a barista starting in 2010, won the Andalusian Barista Championship in 2014, and began roasting commercially in 2018 without a fixed space. By 2021 he had a roastery and tasting room in the center of Malaga, and the operation quickly gained momentum. Kima was named Best Specialty Coffee of Spain in 2024 and ranked in the top 100 coffee destinations worldwide by Neodrinks in 2025. Rabi works exclusively with 100% Arabica specialty coffee, hand roasting each batch and selecting from a wide range of origins that includes rare varietals like Geisha from Colombia and Wild Orchid Liberica from Vietnam. An in house academy trains professionals from the hospitality sector, with baristas traveling to Malaga specifically for the courses. The philosophy is direct: flavor, traceability, zero artifice.

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