El Salvador | Jose Guillen
We roast this coffee light and a bit extended to showcase the rich flavors.
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Perfect for: Filter
Also works lovely as: Cold brew, French Press, Aeropress, Espresso, Turkish coffee
Taste notes: Papaya, mango, panela sugar, dried pineapple
Variety: Pacamara
Altitude: 1.500m
Process: Natural 120h Anaerobic Fermentation
Quality score: 88
Light roast
100% Arabica Coffee
Net weight: 250g/500g
In the middle of the Apaneca mountains in western El Salvador, not far from the border with Guatemala and only 40 minutes from the sea, the Guillen family has been growing coffee for five generations. Mainly the varieties Bourbon and Pacamara but also some Geisha. On their four farms "San Antonio", "La Dalia", "El Mercurio" and "Santa Teresa" they produce a total of 900 quintals, which are approx. 592 bags of 69kg each, i.e. a little more than two containers of coffee per year.
The 16ha Finca La Dalia is located at an altitude of 1500m. On an area of 7ha the Pacamara plants grow on loamy soil and on steep slopes under cedar, mahogany and pepeto trees. Special care is taken of their coffee plants, but adding to the magic of this coffee is what happens next: the processing.
The Guillen family placed optimally ripe and freshly picked cherries into juice barrels (due to their food safe interior) and covered with a lid. Next, they placed the barrels inside a controlled temperature room they built in 2019 together with Plotcoffee (we sourced this coffee through Plotcoffee). It is run by two industrial AC’s which keep the room between eight and twenty degrees Celsius. They let the cherries ferment for a period of 120 hours.
After spending 96 hours inside the cooling room, the cherries are spread out in a thin layer on African beds for drying for 29 days. The cherries are moved 3 to 4 times a day, always making sure not to damage the cherries. Once the cherries reached our desired humidity, they were transported inside of well ventilated warehouse where the humidity level helps to homogenize within all the beans.
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