Lemus Manor in El Salvador introduces the flavor characteristics of Boponkaduai treated with black honey.

Lemus Manor in El Salvador

Treatment of bourbon kaduai with black honey

Country of origin: El Salvador El Salvador

Producing area: Apaneca-Ilamatepec, Apaneca Mountains

Manor: Lemus Manor Finca Lemus Bella Vista

Altitude: 1250 m

Varieties: bourbon, Kaduai

Treatment method: black honey treatment

Grade: SHB

Production season: 2020

Producing area information

El Salvador is one of the small countries in Central America with a very dense population. The flavor of its coffee is characterized by excellent balance. Like Guatemala and Costa Rica, coffee in El Salvador is graded according to altitude, and the higher the altitude, the better the coffee.

Apaneca is located in the western part of El Salvador, ranging from 500 to 2365 meters above sea level. It is one of the most famous coffee producing areas in El Salvador and is home to El Salvador's first birthplace. The Apaneca producing area is adjacent to El Salvador's famous Santa Ana volcano (most recently erupted in 2005), which houses some of El Salvador's larger and better-known coffee farms.

Manor information

Lemus Manor is located in the city of Concepci ó n de Ataco in El Salvador's Ahuachap á n province. Lemus Manor, which covers 37 acres, is owned by Selma Gutierrez (Thelma de Gutierrez) and managed by her husband Jose é Enrique Guti é rrez.

The couple team used their experience as a third-generation coffee producer to improve farm productivity and health, including the production and application of microbial compost tea on the farm. Over the past two years, the couple have also diversified their farms by producing beans, which not only ensures the family's food safety, but also acts as a nitrogen fixing agent to promote the health of coffee trees and the production of coffee fruits.

Coffee variety

This coffee is made up of bourbon and Kaduai. Bourbon is a naturally mutated variety of iron pickup, which belongs to the oldest existing variety of coffee, and the green fruit will appear bright red when it is ripe. Compared with tin card species, bourbon species have wider leaves and denser growth. although the yield is higher than tin card, the harvest time is also 2 years, which can be regarded as a variety with low yield. Bourbon coffee beans have a high-quality taste, with a good aroma and bright acidity, the finish is sweet, it tastes a bit like red wine.

Kaduai is a mixture of Kaddura and the New World. It inherits the advantages of Kaddura's low stature, changes the shortcomings of the New World, and makes up for the weakness of Arabica fruit. The result is solid, and it is not easy to fall when the strong wind blows. The biggest regret is that its overall flavor is slightly more monotonous than Kadura.

Treatment mode

This coffee is treated with black honey. First of all, the freshly picked coffee fruits are screened, and the qualified red coffee fruits are selected and put into the peeling machine for peeling treatment. In this step, almost all the pulp and pectin are retained. Then the coffee beans with pulp are placed in an elevated drying bed for sun drying, during which the fermentation degree and humidity of the coffee are frequently tested. Dry the coffee beans until the moisture content is about 11%. The whole drying process is about 18-25 days. The coffee beans treated with black honey have better flavor, sweetness and aroma.

Baking curve

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Cooking scheme

Filter cup: V600001

Water temperature: 90-91 ℃

Powder content: 15g

Powder / water ratio: 1:15

Degree of grinding: medium and fine grinding (Chinese standard No. 20 screen pass rate 80%)

Cooking technique: three-stage extraction. Steam with 30 grams of water for 30 seconds, small water flow around the circle to 125 grams for sectional injection, water level drop is about to expose the powder bed, continue to inject water to 225 grams to stop water injection, and so on when the water level drop is about to expose the powder bed, remove the filter cup, (steaming starts timing) the extraction time is 1 minute 39 percent 50 ".