Owner: Agrícola San Agustín
"Today’s
coffee production demands a continuous pursuit of excellence in quality
of the cup, while preserving and protecting the ecology of the coffee forest,
contributing to improve the quality of life of the working community"This is the philosophy of Agrícola San Agustín, a company dedicated to growing, processing and exporting gourmet coffee from El Salvador using the export brand Alpha Premium. Being member of the Itzalco Premium Association of El Salvador, Agrícola San Agustín is devoted to quality, maintaining control and traceability of coffee throughout the entire growing and transformation process.
The company’s coffee farm, El Carmen, is located
at 1,300 meters above sea level in the 
Apaneca-Ilamatepec
Mountain Range. One of the finest Strictly High Grown coffee production
regions of Central America, in the heart of the primary biological corridor
that extends through El Salvador, a part of the Mesoamerican Life Corridor.
All of the coffee fields at El Carmen Estate Farm are shade
grown, mainly Bourbon variety, worked with the traditional system of pruning,
shade management, fertilization and other cultural practices. Special attention
is given to harvesting, hand picking the coffee cherries at the perfect
ripeness, free of yellow and unripe cherries.
The company’s coffee mill, also named El Carmen,
located within the Estate farm, is a medium size operation dedicated to
processing mainly Gourmet coffee, maintaining the identity of each lot throughout
the entire process. The mill is capable of processing eight different origins
completely separated from each other. Besides coffee from El Carmen,
the company is currently processing some of the finest origins from El Salvador.
Coffee is de-pulped the same day it is harvested, naturally fermented at
mountain temperatures, washed with pure spring water and sun dried on clay
patios. Parchment coffee is 
stored
in wooden silos, where it rests for a minimum of 60 days under ideal conditions
to reach uniform humidity and color.Agrícola San Agustín is looking to develop strong and long lasting relationship with our customers. We invite you to try our coffee and encourage you to become more acquainted with coffees from El Salvador. We also invite you to come and visit us and witness the beauty of our country and our coffee region.