Jose Guillermo 'Epe' Alvarez
🇸🇻El Salvador

Jose Guillermo 'Epe' Alvarez

Jose Guillermo 'Epe' Alvarez is a fourth-generation coffee producer who owns and manages Finca Malacara Lot A in the Santa Ana region of El Salvador. Alongside his co-owner María de Los Angeles Alvarez Prunera, he focuses on the production and marketing of high-quality specialty coffee.

Farm: Finca Malacara →

History

The Alvarez family has cultivated coffee on Finca Malacara since 1888. Epe and María de Los Angeles Alvarez Prunera have owned and managed Finca Malacara Lot A since 2005, continuing a long-standing tradition of coffee production in the Santa Ana volcano area.

The farmer's day, in pictures

Editorial illustrations of the harvest and farm work our research documented — anonymous figures, never real likenesses.

Jose Guillermo 'Epe' Alvarez — coffee farmer illustration 1
Jose Guillermo 'Epe' Alvarez — coffee farmer illustration 2
Jose Guillermo 'Epe' Alvarez — coffee farmer illustration 3
Coffees by Jose Guillermo 'Epe' Alvarez