La Fany, Natural Orange Bourbon, El Salvador

Origin

• 🇸🇻 El Salvador

Tasting notes

Character

• Sweet
• Bright
• Comforting
• Clean
• Funky

Flavour profile: A chocolatey aroma. Flavour notes of mandarine , milk chocolate and walnuts . The coffee has a creamy mouthfeelBodyThe weight and texture of coffee in the mouth, from tea-like and delicate to syrupy and heavy. Driven by process, roast, variety, and brew method. with light to medium weight . Colour: Creamy orange Category: Comfortable Producer: Rafael and Carmen da Silva Hoff with family Farm: La Fany Varietal: Orange BourbonBourbonOne of the two foundational arabica varieties (with Typica), named after Île Bourbon (Réunion). Sweet, balanced, caramel-leaning; parent of countless modern cultivars. Process: 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. Location: Ahuachapán, Santa Ana Elevation: 1600 meters above sea level Roast: Light to medium to present the natural characteristics of the coffee. Price transparency: The FOB price paid for this coffee was 5,5 US$/Ib . Finca La Fany is a family inheritance for the Da Silva Family and dates back to the early 1900s. It was first established by Fabio Morán and then passed on through the generations from father to son. The beautiful farm is located on top of the Apaneca-Illamatepec Mountain Range, at 1,500 masl, 2 miles from the city of Apaneca. It received its name because of one of Rafael’s ancestors, called Fany. In the early 1990s, Raphael and Carmen had the opportunity to buy this great family heirloomHeirloom (Ethiopia)A catch-all label for Ethiopia's thousands of indigenous, largely uncatalogued coffee varieties — used when a lot's exact genetics are unknown. from one of his aunts, and of course, they bought it. Originally, the farm was 100% Bourbon, but they have been experimenting with new varieties on a small scale. Still today, Bourbon remains the number 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.. They are very much committed to this farm as being the fifth generation in the family to have control over this land. Carmen told me that one of her proudest moments was in 2005 when La Fany Red Bourbon achieved the 4th place in the COECup of Excellence (COE)A national competition and auction that identifies a country's best lots each year; winning 'COE' lots command dramatic price premiums.. It’s a farm that both me and Steve have spent a lot of time on and Steve has been buying this coffee since 2003 (yes he is that old) Since 2017, 13,000 new Pacamara trees were planted along with 40,000 new seedlings, composed of Red Bourbon, Orange Bourbon, Pacamara, GeishaGesha (Geisha)A rare, jasmine-and-bergamot scented variety originally from Ethiopia's Gesha forest, made famous by Panama's Hacienda La Esmeralda. Routinely the most expensive coffee at auction., Yellow Icatu, and Yellow CaturraCaturraA natural dwarf mutation of Bourbon found in Brazil: compact plants, easier picking, bright and clean cup. A workhorse across Latin America.. We are now starting to see the fruits of these labours come through with exciting varietals and processing as the new generation (Rafael and Carmens sons) begin to get more involved in the farms. The future is