La Ilusion Blend 250g

Origin

• 🇸🇻 El Salvador

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky
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There are only 75 bags of this coffee available! If you would like your coffee shipped pre-ground, please choose from our 'Select Grind' option before adding this coffee to your cart. To put it simply, we love coffees from Ernesto Menendez's farm, La Ilusion. Right now we are lucky enough to have both the 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., and Natural processNatural 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. Bourbons from La Ilusion on our single originSingle originCoffee from one traceable place — a country at the loosest, a single farm or lot at the strictest — rather than a blend of sources. list. While both coffees are magnificent on their own, we did a little experiment by blending the Washed and Natural bourbons and the results were stunning. This once-off, super rare blendBlendCoffees from multiple origins roasted or mixed together for a consistent, balanced profile year-round — the traditional backbone of espresso menus. is a 50/50 combination of the two. One Farm, one 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., two processes. Country : El Salvador Farm Name : La Ilusion Farm Owner: Ernesto Menendez Elevation : 1,750–1,850 m.a.s.l Variety : BourbonBourbonOne of the two foundational arabica varieties (with Typica), named after Île Bourbon (Réunion). Sweet, balanced, caramel-leaning; parent of countless modern cultivars. Process : Natural & Washed