El Salvador - La Siberia: Washed, SL28

Origin

• 🇸🇻 El Salvador

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
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If you would like your coffee shipped pre-ground, please choose from our 'Select Grind' option before adding this coffee to your cart. Coffee has been grown on La Siberia since 1870, the farm is seated 1,450 metres above sea level in the Apaneca-Ilamatepec mountain range where the unpredictable weather and challenging terrain earned the farm it's name. Today, La Siberia is in the hands of Carmen and Rafael De Silva who continue to innovate and push the farm to new heights. This SL28SL28A Kenyan variety selected in the 1930s by Scott Agricultural Laboratories, prized for intense blackcurrant acidity and deep sweetness. is bursting with juiciness and vibrant acidityAcidityThe bright, lively, fruit-like sensation in coffee — praise, not a flaw. Citric sparkle, malic apple-crispness, tartaric wine notes; light roasts preserve more of it. Country: El Salvador Farm: La Siberia Owners: Carmen and Rafael De Silva Re gion: Santa Ana Altitude: 1,450 m.a.s.l. VarietyVariety (cultivar)The botanical subtype of the coffee plant — Gesha, Bourbon, SL28 — analogous to grape varieties in wine. A major driver of cup character alongside origin and process.: SL28 Process: WashedWashed processThe fruit is removed from the seed before drying, usually with fermentation and a water rinse. Tends to give clean, transparent cups where origin character shows clearly.