How about Loma La Gloria Manor in El Salvador? grading criteria for Salvadoran coffee beans

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Finca LOMA LA GLORIA Manor in El Salvador Micro-batch RED BOURBON S.H.G (LOT5)

Special note: because this kind of coffee beans is a micro-batch, the quantity is limited, in order to allow more customers to taste it, so limited supply, limited quantity, first-come-first-served.

Introduction of the country of origin:

El Salvador is located in Central America, bordered by Guatemala and Honduras in the north, and the Pacific coastline in the west and south. It is the smallest country in Central America and the most densely populated country in Central America.

Although the area of El Salvador is small, it has dozens of volcanoes, and it is the country with the highest volcanic density in the world, so it is called the "country of volcanoes". The average elevation of the country is high, and this geographical environment is very conducive to the growth of coffee, and the western part of El Salvador near Guatemala is the main coffee producing area.

Coffee in El Salvador is grown mostly by small farmers, who grow it in the traditional way: almost 100% shade. The coffee harvest lasts from November to March. The fresh fruit of coffee is picked by hand.

On the whole, Salvadoran coffee inherits the mild quality of Sino-American coffee, which is soft, slightly sour and has beautiful sweetness. At the same time, it also has its own characteristics: the aromatic taste is slightly sour and very soft; it is pure and has no miscellaneous flavor, and the taste balance is excellent; the smooth feeling like cream chocolate is impressive; the dense feeling of coffee in the mouth gives the coffee a deep taste and a long finish.

Salvadoran coffee beans are graded according to planting altitude, and the highest grade is SHG:

Over 1200 meters of SHG Strictly High Grown

HG High Grown over 900m

CS Central Standard is more than 600m.

BOURBON is a natural gene mutant of TYPICA, which is ranked as an ancient and excellent variety along with TYPICA. The typical characteristics of bourbon species are obvious sour berry aroma, low alcohol, overall taste balance, and obvious fruit sweetness.

The most common thing between bourbon and iron pickup is that shade trees are needed in the planting area to help block the sun. These two ancient varieties, such as unshaded trees, will not be conducive to growth and flavor development. Therefore, the output of bourbon is not high.

Introduction to the manor:

The area where the estate is located is located on the slope of the San Salvador volcano and belongs to the quezaltepec Mountains, which overlooks the Kesaltepec Valley. The treatment plant is located at an altitude of 1430 m, from which you can enjoy the highest point of the volcano, Pinnacle Mountain (1960 m above sea level).

The elevation of Finca Loma La Gloria Manor is about 1,200 meters above sea level. Near the highest point of the manor is a crater called El Boquer ó n. You can drive to Finca Loma La Gloria Manor and then get to El Boquer ó n on foot.

The manor has a unique location and micro-climate: fertile volcanic ash soil, cool night temperature, mild light (plenty of sunlight shines on the coffee trees through the shade trees) and a good Rain Water filtration system.

Finca Loma La Gloria Manor only grows Arabica coffee trees: Bourbon and Pacamara. All the coffee trees on the manor are planted in shade, which contributes to the sustainability of the local economy and the conservation of biodiversity, as well as the production of better and better quality coffee beans.

The goal of Finca Loma La Gloria Manor is to ensure the quality and traceability of coffee. It has been running its own coffee processing equipment (wet grinder and sheller) since the 13th / 14th season.

The traditional washing method is adopted: first, the coffee cherries are washed in the pool to screen out immature beans and other defects, then the pulp remover is used to remove the peel and pulp, and then the coffee beans are fermented and processed in a special fermentation pool. after that, it is put on a special rack drying bed for coffee drying process, and the manor increases the number and area of drying beds to ensure the quality assurance of the drying process.

These coffee processing equipment are located in the manor, so that the whole coffee processing process can be completed as soon as possible in the manor, ensuring the quality of coffee can be controlled and traceability.

In order to ensure the quality of raw beans, defective beans should be selected by hand before being exported:

Information about the manor:

Villa: FINCA LOMA LA GLORIA

Landlord: El Paso, S.A.

Land area: Quezaltepeque area, El Salvador province

City: La Libertad

Class: SHG boutique

Planting height: 1450m, 1650m

Tree species: RED BOURBON red bourbon

Picking season: November-March

Treatment method: WASHED (water washing).

Packing specification: 35kg / pack (inner bag packing)

Batch: microbatch (LOT 5)

Taste description: fried walnut, sweet and sour carambola, milk sugar, white chocolate, sweet potato, clean

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