Las Brumas, WFC, Natural Gesha, El Salvador

Origin

• 🇸🇻 El Salvador

Tasting notes

Character

• Bright
  55
• Clean
  45
• Funky
  20

Flavour profile: A sweet aroma with juicyAcidityThe 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. flavour notes of peach and a bright, acidic finish of lime juice . The 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. is velvety with an exceptionally clear and light body. Colour to describe flavour: Pink Category: Curious Producers: Ernesto Menéndez Varietal: GeshaGesha (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. 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: Apaneca-Ilamatepec Mountain Range, Santa Ana Elevation: 1460 - 2000 meters above sea level Price transparency: The FOB price paid for this coffee was $10 /Ib. At the Apaneca-Ilamatepec mountain range, Las Brumas is totally different from any other coffee farm we've ever seen. At Las Brumas, Ernesto is doing a Wild Forest Coffee (WFC), inspired by how coffee was originally found in Yemen and Ethiopia. These Gesha varietals was spread out in the forest to be built up as wild grown as possible, without interfering with nature. He doesn’t apply and chemicals and just lets the nature create the character and terroirTerroirBorrowed from wine: the way a place — soil, altitude, climate, even neighboring crops — expresses itself in the cup, independent of variety and process. of the coffee. Las Brumas Natural Gesha is produced by our longtime partner and friend, Ernesto Menéndez. Located in the forest of the Appanecca-Ilamatepec mountain range, Las Brumas is totally different from any other coffee farm we've ever seen. The coffee trees at Las Brumas are spread out in the forest to be built up as "wild grown" as possible, without interfering with nature. We've began working with Ernesto in 2015, and have been buying the coffee from his farms Las Brumas and Los Andes ever since. It was a relationship that started purely based on geekiness in how to create a really high-end cup of coffee. Ernesto is a great producer who constantly cups and improves his methods of growing and processing, something that makes working together really fun, and he has a theory behind every decision in how this coffee was produced. Ernesto has won the Cup of ExcellenceCup of Excellence (COE)A national competition and auction that identifies a country's best lots each year; winning 'COE' lots command dramatic price premiums. several times, and the coffee from Las Brumas has also previously won the World Barista Championship. To learn more about Ernesto Menéndez and Las Brumas farm click here. Innehåller kaffe, förvara