Every bag we sell traces to a farm and a farmer. Origin, elevation, cultivar and process — printed on the label, not implied. The chain begins on the farm and ends in your cup, and we are the connection between the two ends.
Rodolfo Ruffatti · Santa Ana, El Salvador
Three farms — one approach to quality and process. Rodolfo is a sixth-generation coffee producer with family roots in Turin, Italy. He manages farms in the Santa Ana region of El Salvador, each serving a distinct role in his operation.
Recognised internationally for his processing expertise, Rodolfo practises what he calls regenerative agriculture — not merely sustaining the soil, but recovering how it used to be. No chemical fungicides; a symbiotic canopy; measurements taken by latitude as much as altitude.
Coffee is thirsty work, and water use displaces the frogs that once lived along these slopes. Rodolfo supports a local NGO working to repopulate them — a quiet reason our roastery carries their name.
Farmer Story · spec sheet (PDF)Flagship estate on Cerro El Águila, north face of the Apaneca-Ilamatepec range
Select lots are released as FES. Lower elevation is sold separately as Piemonte.
The coldest of the three. Slow ripening and long fermentations. Where the experimental lots begin.
Beyond Santa Ana, two Colombian growers are confirmed as our next drops. Flying Frog is continuously sourcing; each release is custom-designed around a single farmer, a single lot, and a single artist.
Pachamama Farm
Josué farms Pachamama with natural pest control and natural fertilizers, treating the land with care and respect. He follows the ancient Aztec proverb: “The earth will become what its people are.” His work with Pink Bourbon, Tabi and Catimor is a confirmed next Flying Frog drop.
El Vergel Estate
The Bayter family began farming in 1995 and planted their first coffee at El Vergel in 2010. Shady, alongside Martha and Elias, runs one of Colombia's most inventive processing programmes — over 240 experiments, 12 unique protocols, and the introduction of Koji to coffee. He is a confirmed next Flying Frog drop.
Fig. i — Rodolfo Ruffatti, Santa Ana — remains the anchor of the current release. The circle grows one grower at a time, at the pace of trust.
