History

Jose Manuel Acevedo is a young coffee professional who inherited Finca Sabanetas from his father this in 2019. He has been in the coffee industry for a couple of years now as he was helping his father to take care of the farm. He is very passionate on the quality of the coffee coming from the estate and has lots of ideas for the future of the farm. He wants to continue with his father´s legacy and with coffee culture in El Salvador.

What is and Aida Batlle Selection:

In 2001, Aida Batlle took 1st place in the inaugural Cup of Excellence in El Salvador, and over the last 2 decades has cemented herself as one of the most driven quality coffee producers in the world.

When Aida won the Cup of Excellence, she collaborated with J Hill who runs, Las Tres Puertas, a coffee processing site in Santa Ana. That year, she was able to work closely with J Hill to make her coffees shine and since has worked closely with the team there to constantly tweak the processing for improvement.

Through this constant search for perfection, Aida's reputation has grown for having unflinching standards and unique ideas to create great quality, which led to J Hill and Aida deciding in 2009 to collaborate on quality standards with other farmers that used J Hill to process their coffee too.

The farms that wanted to take their coffee to the next level of quality, worked with Aida to implement her strict cherry picking practices and further worked with J Hill to process the coffee to her impeccable standards.

When each season comes to an end, Aida and the QC team at J Hill taste through the lots, noting the ones that meet the highest quality, and these are the coffees that become an Aida Batlle Selection.

Regional Info

Chalchuapa, Santa Ana

Alotepec Metapan is one of the six coffee producing areas in El Salvador. Sabanetas farm is located in the slopes of the El Chingo Volcano, that is on the boarder between Guatemala and El Salvador. Volcanic soil, shade trees, and fresh weather make a great environment to grow coffee.