El Salvador - Chalate Microlot - Aguilar Mendez - Finca Buena Vista

Source: El Salvador

Elevation: 1300 MASL

Processing: Washed

Tasting Notes: Milk Chocolate, Toffee, Tangerine

Roast: Light/Medium

Preferred Brewing Method: Pour Over, Drip, French Press, Aeropress

Known as “the land of volcanoes,” El Salvador is the smallest Central American country (roughly the same size as New Jersey), but its reputation among specialty-coffee-growing regions has grown larger-than-life, especially since the early 2000s.

 This coffee is a special micro lot traceable directly back to the Buena Vista farm owned by Orlando Aguilar. Orlando  comes from a coffee producing family, which has developed traditions in El Salvador. As a producer himself, he has focused on specialty coffee by working with strong varieties in an ideal climate with good, fertile soil. The harvest at Buena Vista farm is done selectively and by hand. After harvest, the coffee is fermented in sacks for 9–12 hours before being depulped, washed, and dried on raised beds for 10–13 days.