El Salvador | La Cumbre | Orange Bourbon | Natural | Filter | 100g

Origin

• 🇸🇻 El Salvador

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky
• Sweet

Farm: La Cumbre Region: Santa Ana Elevation: 1500 - 1550 masl 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.: 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. Notes: Cherry, chocolate, & purple grape About: Welcome to the elite. Three rare and exotic varieties straight from Finca la Cumbre in El Salvador. Orange Bourbon, and the very prized African varieties SL28SL28A Kenyan variety selected in the 1930s by Scott Agricultural Laboratories, prized for intense blackcurrant acidity and deep sweetness. and SL34SL34SL28's sibling selection, also from Kenya's Scott Labs. Slightly less celebrated but hardier, with a similar juicy, complex cup. are the guardians of true flavour here. For 2019 they have undergone natural processing for the very first time, and they are screaming with flavour. Under the watchful eyes of Emilio Lopez La Cumbre took out 1st place in the 2018 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.. Award winning coffees are in the cusp of your hand.