El Salvador | Divina Providencia | Anacafe-14 | Natural | Filter | 250g

Origin

• 🇸🇻 El Salvador

Tasting notes

Character

• Bright
  30
• Clean
  20
• Funky
  20

Region: Apaneca , Ahuachapán Elevation: 1450 masl About: Divina Providencia holds a cherished place within the Silva family, a treasured 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. passed down across generations. Eve, Rafael Sr.'s mother, took immense pride in the farm and made sure to walk the land each day. Located just a few miles from the city of Apaneca, where the Silva family call home, Divina Providencia has a unique micro-climate, receiving very little wind or direct sunlight and shrouded in a thick layer of fog for much of the afternoon. The farm's operations commence in the early morning to accommodate the diminished visibility later in the day. Yet, the enveloping coolness of the fog ensures a temperate climate and a gradual maturation of the coffee cherries. Anacafé-14, believed to have emerged as a 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. mutation of Catimor and Pacamara, surfaced in the early 1980s. This 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. boasts prolific yields and displays resilience against leaf rust disease, rendering it an optimal choice for Salvadorian coffee farmers combating the escalating prevalence of rust on their farms.