El Salvador | La Guachoca | Pacamara | Double Anaerobic Washed | Filter | 250g

Origin

• 🇸🇻 El Salvador

Tasting notes

Character

• Experimental
  50
• Funky
  40

Region: Coatepeque, Santa Ana Elevation: 1410-1600 masl About: When the Pacas Family purchased Finca La Guachoca in 2008, it was pretty rundown. Still, given the land's location, altitude, and rich volcanic soil, they saw its potential and have been renovating the farm since 2013, planting specialty varieties such as 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, and Bernardina. Named 'La Guachoca’ after the small quail-like Guachoca bird often sighted in the area, the farm sits on the extinct Cerro Verde volcano between 1410 to 1600 masl. The Pacamara at Finca La Guachoca is grown on the highest tablon, Siguamonta. The name is derived from La Siguanaba, a Siren-type creature from Latin-American folklore. This coffee was processed using a double anaerobic washedAnaerobic fermentationCherries or depulped seeds ferment in sealed, oxygen-free tanks. Produces intense, unusual flavors — cinnamon, bubblegum, boozy fruit — that divide opinion. process. Pulped coffee cherries are fermented in a sealed vat for 48 hours and then submerged in clean water for a secondary 48 hours fermented before being washedWashed processThe fruit is removed from the seed before drying, usually with fermentation and a water rinse. Tends to give clean, transparent cups where origin character shows clearly. and dried. This develops more complex fruit flavours and wineyFunky / lacticTasting language for deliberate fermentation flavor: yogurt-like tang (lactic), winey or boozy notes, overripe fruit. A feature in experimental lots, a defect in classic ones. characteristics while maintaining a crisp and clean 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..