Farmlevel Story

Welcomed back to our menu for a 7th year, Santa Clara is a fan favorite. Seated at the base of Volcan Agua, one of Antigua's three active volcanoes, lies the glorious Finca Santa Clara. Upon entering the gates to the farm, one is immediately met with rows and rows of coffee shrubs, ranging from Bourbon and Bourboncito (dwarf bourbon) to experimental varieties Ricardo Zelaya and his daughter Katia have planted. Upon harvesting, pickers deliver ripe cherries to Santa Clara's wet mill, situated at the farm’s base, where coffee is pulped, soaked, and dried on raised beds. After complete drying, coffee proceeds to dry-milling and Santa Clara’s brand new state-of-the-art dry-mill. The Zelaya family has owned and operated both Finca Santa Clara, Bella Vista, and nearby Hacienda Carmona for four generations. These three Antiguan staples will remain forever linked not only by ancestral ties but also by the impeccable quality at the core of what they do.