Establishment

In 1924, Amalia de Quintanilla bought 56 hectares of land at an altitude of around 1,500m in the Cacahuatique mountains in El Salvador and named it "La Buena Esperanza". The plantation has the rarest clay soils with a high iron content. It is shaded by a wide variety of endemic shade trees, including many avocados, citrus fruits and other crops. This special soil condition and the allelopathic factors give the coffees from this farm a unique character.

Current

Andres Quintanilla is now the fourth generation to run the plantation - with a special focus on rare coffee varieties.

Manager: Andrès Quintanilla
Coordinates: 13°46’46.2”N 88°12’12.6”W
Year of foundation: 1924
Farms: 2 (La Quintanilla, La Palma)
Hectares:b> 96,5
Employees: 8
Harvest workers: 80
Species: Arabica
Varieties: Bourbon Tekisic, Typica, Pacamara, Centroamerica, Icatu, Marsellesa
Processing: Natural, Pulped Natural, Fully Washed
Annual production: 50 -100 t