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El Salvador Finca El Carmen

El Salvador Finca El Carmen

£13.00

El Salvador Finca El Carmen

£13.00
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Bight acidity and biscuit notes shine out of the cup with this lovely offering from El Salvador.

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El Salvador Finca El Carmen
El Carmen Estate is located at 1,300m above sea level in El Salvador’s Apaneca-Ilamatepec mountain range, one of Central America’s prime specialty coffee producing areas. The estate has been farmed by the Alfaro family for over a century. In El Salvador, where more than 80% of the country’s coffee is produced under shade, in the coffee forest. For this reason, coffee farms such as El Carmen play a vital role as a sanctuary for hundreds of the migratory and native bird species found in this part of the world. El Carmen is an extremely well run specialty estate, and is managed with scrupulous attention detail, with great emphasis placed on maintaining the identity of each lot from the moment its coffee cherries are harvested until the point when the green beans are ready for export. This lot is comprised of Red Bourbon. During the harvest, the cherries are hand-picked only when perfectly ripe and delivered to the mill located at the farm. The cherries are sorted for quality, then de-pulped to remove the external fruit. The beans are fermented for eight hours to breakdown the remaining mucilage layer, before being dispersed on clay patios to dry in the open sun for up to 17 days.

Region:

Apaneca-Ilamatepec, Ahuachapán

Producer:

Fernando Alfaro & Family

Farm/Milling Station:

El Carmen Estate & Beneficio

Processing:

Washed

Varietal (s):

Red Bourbon

Altitude:

1,300 metres above sea level

Sourcing Partner:

Mercanta

Roasters Notes El Salvador Finca El Carmen
The acidity of this coffee sparkles. It dances over your tongue, giving way to subtle black tea and biscuit notes. Try it as a pour over to get the most out of the brightness.
About El Salvador
During the 70s and 80s, most Central American coffee growing countries were introducing experimental, high yielding coffee varieties to increase their output, but owing to civil war, this innovation passed El Salvador by, leaving the country with a majority crop of heirloom varieties of Bourbon, which are no longer grown on a large scale elsewhere. These coffees, harvested from October to March, are noted for their amazing sweetness and balance, and are becoming highly sought after once more.

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