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Carlos Pola, El Salvador - Mano Del Puma

Carlos Pola, El Salvador - Mano Del Puma

  • Tastes like: Cherry Cola, Pineapple, Toffee
  • Light Brown
  • Mucilage Dried (Honey)
  • Lively and Modern
$16.88 USD
$16.88 USD
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Carlos Pola cultivates coffee in a dramatically new and sustainable manner. While continuously experimenting with new processing methods, Pola produces honeys, naturals, and controlled fermentations consistently. His passion for traceability led him to develop an application used by his farm team to track all stages from harvest through green exportable; something he hopes to share with other producers. He’s driven by supporting the coffee-growing community of Juayúa and the surrounding Apaneca-Ilamatepec region.  

The dedicated harvest team understands the specific shade of red the cherries need to be before picking, but all cherries are still hand sorted, then floated to ensure peak ripeness.

Mano Del Puma Heirloom Hybrid 1 Dehydrated Honey
After picking and sorting, cherries are stored for 48 hours in porous bags exposed to oxygen in a ventilated shaded area. During this fermentation stage honey (mucilage) dehydrates and oxidizes. The coffee is then de-pulped with minimal water and placed on raised beds to dry with a lot of mucilage intact.

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Farm Information

Farm info

Carlos Polo and his entire team is Full of creative energy.

When it comes to coffee production, Carlos Pola’s approach is constantly evolving. It’s incredible to spend time on these projects every year because we know there will be new and exciting innovations in processing.

Focus on soil health

Pola harnesses symbiotic relationships between plant species to eliminate his reliance on pesticides and fertilizers. His style of regenerative agriculture is saving specialty coffee in El Salvador as production becomes increasingly challenging.

Slow Extension

Pola and quality control manager, Oscar Escalante, were determined to slowly extend the drying process. Both farms host dozens of raised beds but this year, they all have screens that provide extra shade. This strategy adds between 5-6 days of drying time. Slower drying creates a capillary effect which dries coffee from the inside out, maintaining stable cell activity. Having longer preservation of flavor precursors and enzymatic properties of the coffee seed creates higher quality and more consistent taste profiles across the board.

Carlos Pola cultivates coffee in a dramatically new and sustainable manner. While continuously experimenting with new processing methods, Pola produces honeys, naturals, and controlled fermentations consistently. His passion for traceability led him to develop an application used by his farm team to track all stages from harvest through green exportable; something he hopes to share with other producers. He’s driven by supporting the coffee-growing community of Juayúa and the surrounding Apaneca-Ilamatepec region. 

Core Team Members

Óscar | Quality control 

Adíel | Processing director at Finca San Antonio

Ermelinda | Processing specialist at Finca San Antonio

 

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Country: El Salvador
Region: Ojo de Agua, Juayua
Farm: Finca Vista Hermosa
Varietal:Castillo, Limonares (Heirloom Hybrid 2), Pacas, Heirloom Hybrid 1, Parainema
Process: Washed, Dehydrated Honey, Natural, Anaerobic natural
Altitude: 1,300 MASL
Exporter: Unravel Merchants
Importer: Unravel Merchants

Parameters

Brew Parameters

Torque Coffee Brew Guide

Espresso Parameters

Espresso:
17-18g coffee in
33-36g liquid out
203-204F
25-27 seconds

Financial Transparency

* Producer Price (lb): $3.90 green
* Farmer green coffee price NOT FOB price
* transport, customs, export, insurance and other FOB costs are below
* FOB to EXW costs (lb): $1.60
* Transport Costs (lb): $.45
* Final Landed Cost: $5.95
* Roasting weight loss ~16%
* Roasted cost per pound $6.91
* Torque costs to roast, pack & ship coffee: $7.25 /lb
* Final cost: $14.16 /lb

Proportional Pricing

Out of the $400 billion coffee industry, a meager 5% stays where it's grown, leaving farmers with crumbs. At Torque, we're rewriting this injustice. Our radical approach ensures equity for coffee producers, shifting power dynamics.

Here's the game-changer: Coffee producers were pre-paid a guaranteed 20% upfront based on the retail price of their coffee. Simple. Transparent. Fair. We call it Proportional Pricing©. Pay more, they earn more. This reshapes the value equation.

No more opaque systems. No more exploitation. We start with the value you see on the shelf, ensuring 20% flows back to the hands that cultivate your cup. It's called Proportional Pricing©, a seismic shift in coffee's worth chain. It's farmer equity, pure and simple.

We're breaking norms, building a fairer future. Torque Coffees reverse-engineered the chain, advocating for a balanced, equitable industry. It's time to empower those who make your coffee. Together, let's dismantle inequality in the coffee world.

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Sustainability Info

Since we are all on the consumption end of things we can never get to carbon neutral without stealing the carbon positive from coffee farmers. So instead of aiming for a negative, we are striving to destroy less and be as carbon beautiful as we can.

The Torque Coffee Bag

  

     

    100% Plastic Free

    100% Compostable & Biodegradable 

    100% Plant Based

    plastic free packaging

     

    We have partnered with Better Packing Co to be even more carbon Beautiful!

    Every order is packed loving in either:

    the brilliant ZeroPack mailer Made mostly from limestone quarry waste and a minimal amount of recycled resin as a binding agent. 

    YES THESE bags are made of freaking limestone!

    zero pack mailer

     The Zero Pack is a truly remarkable process! 

    CARBON NEUTRAL
    We offset any carbon emission from this already low energy production process.

    • Production of these mailers is solar-powered and uses no water, acids or bleaches. It's also 'zero waste' because all off-cuts can be put 'back in to the pot' and recycled.

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     For larger multi bag orders and for wholesale orders we use the equally brilliant

    BAMBOO Box!

    These boxes are made mostly from bamboo (and some recycled wood pulp). They are just the thing to ship precious goods in. Curbside recyclable, reusable (at least a couple of times) and compostable. 

    Unbleached, FSC certified Bamboo (2/3) and recycled wood pulp (1/3).
    • Water-based printing ink.

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