El Salvador - Nejapa: Natural, Elefante

Origin

• 🇸🇻 El Salvador

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky
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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. A warm delicate cup, with a gentle 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., & a hint of wine. This is a special one, Nejapa NaturalNatural processThe whole cherry is dried with the fruit still on the seed. Gives heavier body and big fruit flavors — think berries and wine — sometimes with a fermenty edge. was our first Elefante 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. coffee and one that we have been waiting to bring back to our list. Elefante is a much larger bean than usual coffees and is more akin to Pacamara visually. Country : El Salvador Farm : Nejapa Region : San Jose Altitude : 1,470 - 1,570 m.a.s.l. Varietal : Elefante Process : Natural