La Siberia, Natural Pacas, El Salvador

This is the first year we are buying coffee from the farm La Siberia, but we have been working with Carmen and Rafael da Silva Hoff for many years.  The family is so professional to work with and are so hardworking and the friendliest people. They have full control from their farms throughout the process and export to us. 

Back in 1870, Fabio Morán and Epifanio Silva decided to sow coffee trees in one of the highest summits of the Apaneca-Ilamatepec mountain range. They named the farm La Siberia for its chaotic weather conditions, along with its difficult accessibility. 
One century later, Rafael Silva inherited the property. It is located between 1,450 and 1650 meters above sea level. He has worked it up to be one of the best coffee producing farms in the world. A few years later he met his wife Carmen. The couple got married in their young 30s and since then they are running the business together. Carmen is very much doing everything in the back office, logistics, and marketing. The name of their company is Sicafé.

In 2010, they decided to invest in their own mill called San Pedo,  to ensure full control over the entire coffee process. Here they process coffee from their own farms separated by day, lots and varietals. They also process coffee for other producers in the area. Their two sons, Rafael Gerardo and Rodrigo and their daughter Valeria are also involved in the business. 

Carmen and Rafael been winning the El Salvador Cup of Excellence for their farm La Lany in 2005, 2007, for the farm Siberia in 2010 and 2012  and for Llano Grande in 2012. And in 2017 San Cayetano won Silver in the Agenca Pour la Valoriastion des Produits Agirole.

Innehåller kaffe, förvaras mörkt och svalt.