ELEFANTE | EL SALVADOR

Elefante has quickly become one of our favorite coffees to source each year. Grown by the Rodriguez family in Apaneca, El Salvador, this unique variety—found only on their farm—was revealed by genetic testing to be a cross between Bourbon and heirloom Ethiopian varieties, planted by family decades prior.

Over the years, they've continued planting more Elefante and fine tuned their approach to growing and processing it. The coffee has placed multiple times in the annual Cup of Excellence competition in El Salvador, even placing 6th in 2023, where it was the highest scored washed process coffee in the country.

Gloria Rodriguez and her son-in-law, Luis, have been friends with our wholesale manager, Gunnhild for years. This relationship opened the door for us to buy this amazing coffee for the first time. It's been especially meaningful for her and a joy for the rest of our team to get to know the Rodriguez family and share their amazing coffees with our customers.

This coffee represents our second harvest buying Elefante from the Rodriguez family, and we've already made plans for it to return next year!