How to make a good cup of coffee recommended Salvador Manor micro-batch washing Pacamara boutique

El Salvador is located in Central America, bordering Guatemala and Honduras in the north and the Pacific coast in the west and south. El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America and the most densely populated in Central America. El Salvador is a small country, but it has dozens of volcanoes. It is the country with the highest volcanic density in the world, so it is called "Volcano Country". The country's average altitude is high, which is conducive to coffee growing. The western part of El Salvador near Guatemala is the main coffee producing area.

Coffee cultivation in El Salvador is mostly smallholder, with farmers following traditional methods: almost 100 per cent shade cultivation. The coffee harvest lasts from November to March. All are hand-picked to harvest fresh coffee.

Generally speaking, Salvadoran coffee inherits the mild quality of Central American coffee, which is soft, slightly sour and has a good sweetness. At the same time, it has its own characteristics: aromatic taste slightly sour, very soft; pure without impurities, taste balance is excellent; smooth feeling like cream chocolate is impressive; coffee in the mouth that kind of dense feeling makes coffee have a deep taste, long aftertaste.

Salvadoran coffee is graded according to the altitude at which it is grown, with the highest grade being SHG:

SHG: Strictly High Grown-1200 meters above;

HG: High Grown-900 meters above;

CS: Central Standard-600 meters above.

Manor Introduction:

Estate: Finca Ataisi

Region: Izalco Region, Sonsonate Province

Class: SHG Fine pacamara

Planting height: 1800 m

Total plantation area: 908 ha

Pacamara acreage: 20 ha

Harvest season: January

Certification information: Rainforest Alliance certification

Processing method: washing fermentation, sun drying.

Lot: Micro LOT

Palate Description: Nutty chocolate, passion fruit sweet and sour, cream chocolate, strawberry finish, nutty.