El Salvador | El Angel | SL-28 | Double Anaerobic Honey | Filter | 250g

Origin

• 🇸🇻 El Salvador

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky
  65
• Experimental
  50

Region: Santa Ana Volcano, Santa Ana Elevation: 1450-1600 masl About: Finca El Ángel is the sixth and latest addition to the Silva family’s operation, purchased back in December of 2022. Prior to the family’s stewardship, El Ángel was owned by the Mathies family, who established the farm in 2018 and then processed their coffees at the Silva family’s mill in Apeneca. After tasting the results of the first harvest in late 2021, Rafael Jr. and the Mathies family came to an agreement to sell the farm to the Silva’s. Located high up on the Santa Ana volcano, El Ángel is exclusively planted with coffee, growing five distinct varieties: Red and Orange BourbonBourbonOne of the two foundational arabica varieties (with Typica), named after Île Bourbon (Réunion). Sweet, balanced, caramel-leaning; parent of countless modern cultivars., Pacamara, SL-28SL28A Kenyan variety selected in the 1930s by Scott Agricultural Laboratories, prized for intense blackcurrant acidity and deep sweetness., and 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.. SL-28 originates from Kenya and is known for its pronounced sweetness and 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.. This lot has undergone a unique double anaerobicAnaerobic fermentationCherries or depulped seeds ferment in sealed, oxygen-free tanks. Produces intense, unusual flavors — cinnamon, bubblegum, boozy fruit — that divide opinion. process that includes two 48hr anaerobic fermentations, once in cherry and once after pulping, multiple washes, and a precise 35-day drying phase. As a result of the Silva family's dedicated effors, this coffee is very floral, with juicy notes of blackcurrant and tropical fruit.