Coffee Description
Offering bright nectarine flavor along with hints of panela and orange, this coffee is smooth bodied, with bright, juicy mouthfeel and a lingering sweet aftertaste. A great way to launch the day!
Roast Level from the Roaster
Refers to the roast level in comparison with other coffees from the roaster
Medium
Variety
Other
Process
Honey
Elevation
1532 masl
Region
Cerro El Tigre
About Lucia Abregado De Ortiz of El Salvador
Klatch’s El Salvador Las Mercedes Yellow Icatu Honey is grown on the La Avila lot, hand picked at peak of ripeness, then intensely screened before washing, deplulping and further processing. Being a honey processed coffee means that instead of soaking the beans in water to remove any remain fruit pulp, they are spread to dry with pulp remaining. As it absorbs into the beans during drying, they take on a fruitier flavor.
Finca Las Mercedes is a beautiful coffee farm with dedicated owners who care about their community, their workers, the environment as well as their coffee. As part of Klatch’s Direct Trade contract, 25 cents of every pound sold is given back to fund community sports programs and Los Ortiz medical clinic.
Cerro El Tigre, El Salvador
Klatch
Klatch \ˈklach, ˈkläch\ --People getting together to share life, especially over coffee.
And that’s what Klatch Coffee has been about since owner Mike Perry decided to follow his passion for quality coffee. While in college, he asked himself, "Why not bring together the charm and comfort of a traditional coffeehouse and serve world class specialty coffees?" And so he did. In 1993, he and his wife, Cindy, opened their first location in Rancho Cucamonga, CA, called it Coffee Klatch (later changed to the present name, Klatch Coffee), and began searching the world for the cream of the coffee crops, and small-batch roasting that top 1% of specialty beans to coax the best flavors and aromas from them.
Now, with five locations (plus their roastery) in Southern California as well as a shop in LAX United Terminal, Mike and his family and their dedicated team have built on that foundation of being a place where people love to linger over truly special coffee. Meanwhile, they’re making history one award at a time. A few of these include:
Prestigious Golden Bean Awards
Only espresso ever awarded "Best Espresso in the World" at the World Barista Championships (2007)
U.S Brewers’ Cup Champion
Good Food awards winner
Mike says, “Our commitment to honest business practices means we build trust and loyalty with the farmers we work with. All of this is accomplished through a Direct Trade model and a simple handshake.”
