Country: El Salvador
Region: Calzontes Arriba
Varietal: Bourbon
Farm: La Reforma
Process: Washed + Anaerobic Fermentation
Altitude: 1,300 - 1,450 MASL
Cupping Notes: Black Tea, Red Grape, Tropical Fruit
Recommended Roast:City to Full City
Good For:Pour Over, Auto Drip, Full Immersion

Description: Located high up in the mountains of Santa Ana, El Salvador, La Reforma is situated perfectly for growing coffee. Their Bourbon trees get pampered throughout the year from native trees providing shade from the bright El Salvadorian sun, and nutrient rich soil, thanks to the Ilamatepec Volcano. After the cherries have reached peak ripeness, the Alvarez Family, who own and operate La Reforma, prepare this natural under strict quality standards that have been developed over the family’s over 100 years growing and exporting coffee. Once cherries are delivered to the mill it is then depulped and fermented in anaerobic conditions for 96 hours, and then taken to raised beds where it sun dried over 18 days.

This lot is a vibrant example from La Reforma, a farm that we’ve brought in for a few years. It’s a lively coffee that is probably very open to interpretation but on our table, we got notes of Black Tea, Red Grape, and Tropical Fruit… we even get a bit of Bubble Gum sweetness that you may catch if you look hard enough.