Viper Mountain

Viper Mountain got its name from its snake-head shape and sits at an average of 1350 meters above sea level, with dramatic views of the Pacific Ocean. Aside from the shape of a viper’s snake head, the mountain also got its name from the Tamagaz which inhabits the area, a small poisonous viper native to the region. This Pacamara comes from the reproduction of older bronze-leafed cultivars and it's producing some of the finest coffees we've tasted from El Salvador.

 Mapache Coffee is a fifth-generation company of coffee producers, owned and managed by Jan-Carlo and Sofia Handtke in the Apaneca Ilamatepec mountain range of El Salvador. Mapache Coffee employs over 125 locals year-round, but during harvest season, their staff swells to 600 people who work together to build coffee nurseries, replant at Mapache’s six farm properties, and process the perfectly ripe cherries that come from them.

Mapache maintains a strong commitment to the well-being of the coffee forests, ensuring that every farm has a canopy protecting the coffee plants and soil. Their modern wet mill uses limited amounts of water during the washing process, then recycles and reuses that water in the same process. All the remaining pulp from the wet milling process is incorporated back into the farms as compost, returning key nutrients to the soil.