Ritual Coffee Roasters

El renacer is not exactly a new coffee to ritual, though this will be the first time that this coffee will stand on its own. hector and fabio artunduaga own the neighboring farm to our most productive producer in colombia, omar viveros. for the last couple of years, they've been combining their coffee with omar's under the name, miraflores. with this most recent harvest, we have sought to give the artunduaga brothers their due recognition by offering coffee solely from their 6 hectare farm, el renacer, located at 1650 meters above sea level. these caturra variety coffee cherries are harvested by hand and then pulped and fermented at the nearby house. the artunduaga's are experimenting with drying the coffee initially on tables in the shade. after a few days of shaded pre-drying, the coffees are moved to larger solar dryers to complete the process. sugary and bright, with flavors of watermelon, cherry cola and brown sugar.

This months sweet tooth is from a section of the el naranjo farm called cumbrita. el naranjo is owned by the milla sisters, amada and maria, and located outside of the town of apaneca in the ahuachapan region of el salvador. el naranjo was brought to our attention by emilio lopez of el manzano, who is responsible for processing this coffee. this bourbon variety coffee grows at 1550 masl before being harvested and transported to el manzano where it is pulped and mechanically washed under the meticulous care of mr. lopez. this coffee is bright, creamy and sweet, with flavors of lady alice apple, a peach core balance of fruit and bitter.

We first met marielos and her dog coda last year on the way down the mountain to los crestones. shes the smallest contributing member to the los crestones micro mill, both in volume and in stature, but the location of her farm peaked our interest as los horizontes is located just down the hill from grace calederon jimenezs el alto. marielos grows catuai at elevations near 1800 masl and the sweetness and intensity of this coffee comes through in the cup. as a contributing member the the los crestones mill, the coffee is processed in a new aquapulper before being dried on raised beds. bright and sugary, with flavors of lemon cookie, vanilla custard and pink grapefruit.