El Salvador - Loma La Gloria - Red Honey

Precision, resilience, and a touch of sweetness.

This Red Honey Red Bourbon lot from Loma La Gloria is a product of care, vision, and grit, produced by Anny Ruth and her father Roberto Pimentel in the volcanic highlands of El Bálsamo Quetzaltepec, El Salvador. Grown beneath a lush canopy at 1,500 meters, this coffee is a testament to intentional processing and a commitment to traceability. With its lush notes of pomegranate, sweet basil, cherry, this lot delivers warmth and complexity in equal measure.

Background Details

Loma La Gloria sits in the El Boquerón crater on the slopes of the San Salvador Volcano, surrounded by native shade trees and diverse birdlife that create a cool microclimate which is ideal for cultivating complex and clean coffees. Originally purchased in the late 1990s by Roberto Pimentel and named after his grandfather’s estate, the farm’s potential was put on pause during El Salvador’s coffee crisis. But in 2012, Roberto’s daughter Anny Ruth returned home with a business degree and a deep curiosity for coffee production.

Through persistent study and bold leadership, Anny revived the farm’s on-site mill and began producing her own lots with complete control over processing. Even in the face of la roya, the leaf rust outbreak that devastated Salvadoran farms in 2014, Anny chose to process Loma La Gloria’s first Honey lots which laid the groundwork for what the farm has become today: a name associated with clarity, resilience, and excellence.

This Red Honey lot is a clear expression of Anny’s work. Carefully sorted and dried with just enough mucilage to impart sweetness, it brings out the syrupy richness that has made Loma La Gloria a standout in El Salvador’s coffee landscape.