El Salvador | El Retiro | Bernardina | Anaerobic Honey Sunset | Filter | 100g

Origin

• 🇸🇻 El Salvador

Tasting notes

Character

• Experimental
  50
• Funky
  40
• Sweet
  25

Farm: El Retiro Producer: Pacas Family Region: Santa Ana Elevation: 1412 masl Varietal: Bernardina Process: AnaerobicAnaerobic fermentationCherries or depulped seeds ferment in sealed, oxygen-free tanks. Produces intense, unusual flavors — cinnamon, bubblegum, boozy fruit — that divide opinion. HoneyHoney processThe skin is removed but some sticky fruit mucilage is left on during drying. Lands between washed and natural: more sweetness and body than washed, cleaner than natural. Sunset Notes: Orange, rosé wine, papaya, & apricot About: In the pursuit of innovation Proud Mary and Café Pacas have worked together since 2012. Our relationship has flourished and we have pushed the limits of quality year after year. In 2019 we took things to dizzying new heights, for the first time we curated and processed our very own coffee with Café Pacas. We selected the prized Bernardina 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. to undergo a hybrid anaerobic (without oxygen) and honey process. It was fermented as whole cherry for 72 hours with- out oxygen and dried as a honey. The colour of the coffee present hues of burgundy, copper, and gold, reminiscent of the sunsets of Finca El Retiro.