LIMITED | EL SALVADOR | El Retiro | Bernardina | Natural

Origin

• 🇸🇻 El Salvador

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky
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The super rare 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. was first discovered in 2008 on Finca Los Bellotos by farm manager Ruperto Bernardino Merche, from whom it gets its name. He noticed five different looking trees from which the fruit smelt and tasted different, giving notes of peach, papaya, and mango. Genetic testing revealed that the trees were originally from the Agaro region in Ethiopia, had somehow made it to El Salvador in the 1930s, and survived undiscovered until today. To preserve Bernardina, the Pacas Family began to propagate seedlings on another of their farms, Finca El Retiro, from which this lot is derived. This lot has undergone 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. processing by drying whole cherries on raised beds. This creates a coffee with a sweet and syrupy profile.