Finca Argentina is separated into 7 areas or 'tablons', these are approximately 6 hectares in size each, but some are smaller due to their location and other landscape characteristics:

• The highest tablon is San Jorge at 1,300-1,360 masl. This is 2 hectares in size and was replanted with Yellow Pacamara 4 years ago.
• Fincona 2 is the most productive tablon at a size of 8 hectares, sitting at between 1,250-1,300 masl.
• Fincona 1 is 4 hectares, sat at 1,200-1,250masl. The coffee plants here are intercropped with macadamia nut trees which are in the process of being replanted in 2020.
• Guachipelin is 6 hectares in size, and in 2016 was replanted with H1, Yellow Bourbon, Icatu and a small amount of Kenya/SL-28.
• Los Mangos (where this coffee is from), also 6 hectares, is the location of a volcanic vent with boiling mud areas!
• Piletas is 6 hectares large and is also being replanted in 2020. This is the lowest area of the farm at about 1,150 to 1,200 masl.
• 4 Manzanas (3 hectares in size) were replanted in 2018 with Portillo (a Bourbon hybrid).

Los Mangos is in a slightly higher region of the farm and produces consistently good quality coffee. With hot steam vents in this region of the farm, the slightly different soil seems to have a subtle impact on the coffee, with it generally scoring slightly higher in blind tasting than Bourbon from the other sections.

Creamy melted milk chocolate fills the mug first. A delicate orange note adds balance whilst a little shoulder of dried apricot and pineapple on the finish add complexity.

Farm Information

• Country: El Salvador
• District: Ahuachapán
• Municipality: Ahuachapán
• Nearest city: Turin
• Farm: Finca Argentina
• Tablon: Los Mangos
• Producer: Mauricio Martinez
• Dry mill: Los Ausoles
• Elevation: 1,300 m.a.s.l.
• Variety: Bourbon
• Processing method: Natural
• GPS: 13°56'29.4"N 89°47'04.1"W

Further Information

Tasting notes: Milk chocolate, orange, dried apricot, pineapple.

Cup of Excellence Cupping Scores

• Clean cup: (1–8): 6
• Sweetness: (1–8): 7
• Acidity: (1–8): 6
• Mouthfeel: (1–8): 6.5
• Flavour: (1–8): 6.5
• Aftertaste: (1–8): 6
• Balance: (1–8): 6.5
• Overall: (1–8): 6
• Correction: (+36): +36
• Total: (max. 100): 86.5

Roasting Information
Medium-dark - once you're through first, keep this going steadily up to the edge of second crack, looking for the first pops of second just as you finish the roast.