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Tin or bourbon? Coffee beans price El Salvador Himalayas

Published: 2024-11-17 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2024/11/17, Iron pickup "Typica" iron pickup, the name sounds very majestic, but in fact it is not so strong, its constitution is weak, disease resistance is poor, easy to catch rust leaf disease, fruit yield is also small. It is one of Ethiopia's oldest native varieties, and many Arabica are derived from iron pickups! One of the characteristics of iron pickup is that the top leaves are bronze, and the beans are larger, oval or thin and pointed.

Iron pickup "Typica" iron pickup, the name sounds majestic, but in fact it is not so strong. It has weak physique, poor disease resistance, easy to catch rust leaf disease and less fruit yield. It is one of the oldest native varieties in Ethiopia, and many Arabica are derived from iron pickups!

The parietal leaf of the iron pickup is bronzed, and the bean grain is large, pointed, oval or thin. Everyone is familiar with the well-known Mantenin, Blue Mountain, Elephant Bean, Kona, Yunnan Dou …... Wait. They are all derived from iron pickups.

Bourbon "Bourbon" bourbon is an ancient and excellent variety juxtaposed with iron pickup, and some botanists believe that bourbon is an early variety of iron pickup transplanted to Yemen.

Bourbon is almost all round beans, beans are a little smaller than tin card, ripening later, but the yield is 30% more than tin card. It is suitable for growing above 1200 meters above sea level, and its flavor is obviously more prominent than those below 1000 meters, but bourbon has a disadvantage that it will rest for a year as a result. Round bourbon is full of vitality, and its resistance to rust leaf disease is better than that of iron pickup, but its flavor is as good as it, or even better.

In 1810, some of the round beans in Bourbon Island mutated into pointed beans, which is known as the "pointed bourbon". It is characterized by a caffeine content of only half, low output, weak physique, and extremely rare, just like a weak aristocratic teenager.

In addition, the biggest thing that iron pickup and bourbon have in common is that they both need the protection of shade trees. if there is no shade tree to help it block the sun, it is not only not conducive to its growth, but also greatly reduces the flavor of coffee beans.

El Salvador Finca Himalaya

Country: El Salvador

Manor: Himalayan Manor

Production area: Santa Ana

Altitude: 1580 to 1720 m

Treatment: half-sun

Variety: red bourbon, Tiebika

Processing plant: El Divisadero

Flavor: plum, brown sugar, red wine acidity

Located in Santa Ana, a famous producing area in the Apaneca Mountains at an altitude of 1500 meters, Himalayan Manor is one of the few estates managed by Aida Batlle. The main varieties planted are bourbon.

The coffee beans from the estate are washed at Mauricio Salaverria's El Divisadero processing plant in Ataco, and then evenly dried in an African elevated shed bed with the help of sun and ventilation. Following the career of his parents and grandparents, Mauricio has been associated with coffee since childhood, especially focusing on the cultivation of boutique coffee.

Flavor description: red wine, sour plum, brown sugar, full taste and long finish

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