LIMITED | EL SALVADOR | El Retiro | Bernardina | Washed

Origin

• 🇸🇻 El Salvador

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
  30
• Funky
  25

Presale: All orders will be shipped by 13th October 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. Specially made for Proud Mary, this lot has undergone 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. processing by pulping the coffee cherries and fermenting them in water. This creates a coffee with a clean and bright profile.