Galapagos Island San Cristobal Aribiga Old Bourbon

Coffee trees were first planted in the Galapagos Archipelago in the 1870s by French explorers, where they quickly flourished in the clean pure climate and volcanic soil. Some of these trees are still producing coffee today.

The Hacienda El Cafetal San Cristobal situated at an altitude of 500m grows coffee of the heirloom Bourbon variety, where only the ripest cherries are hand-picked and processed in the wet plant of San Cristobel Island using the unique spring water of the island and then naturally dried by the soft sun light. Chemical fertilizers are also prohibited on the islands. Harvested twice a year, February to March and November to December.

The coffee has a delightful fragrance, rich with a sweet acidity. It has medium body and an intense, richly layered flavour, with hints of caramel.