{"title":"Federal Picks","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"federal","title":"Federal x Ozone Hodson Coffee Beans","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrew perfect coffee at home with our favourite Hodson Blend coffee beans by Ozone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFresh and roasted to perfection, these are the same beans we use daily in our cafes!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTasting notes: sweet flavours of sultana and brown sugar. A delightful hint of cherry lends a subtle acidity to the finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHodson Blend was developed in recognition of Ozone Coffee's early days when Jamie \u0026amp; Karen Hodson began roasting in the small surf town of New Plymouth, New Zealand. They founded the business on family values and were committed to growing meaningful relationships at coffee origins. 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It’s located near the town of Turin in the Ahuachapán department, at an altitude of 1,300 masl. The estate is separated into 7 areas or 'tablons', each of these unique plots are approximately 6 hectares in size each, but some are smaller due to their location and other landscape characteristics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe have been buying from Finca Argentina since 2008 and have seen a lot of changes and developments at the farm level over that time.  At the beginning of our relationship, Mauricio Martinez had inherited several coffee farms from his grandfather and was unsure what to do with them. Having just relocated to El Salvador from New York in 2008, where he'd been working as a city banker, his son Alejandro decided to help his father with some of his business interests and investments while looking for work in El Salvador. One of the farms, Finca Argentina, pricked Alé’s interest. He saw that the farm once yielded a lot of coffee but was producing a fraction of its old harvest. Mauricio gave him permission to see what could be done to make the farm successful again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlé found out the farm had been classified for a Q auction back in 2005. Thinking there may be a specialty buyer out there; he and his London-based cousin went about sending samples to coffee roasters anywhere they could. One of those samples arrived with us; we liked the coffee, and the rest, as they say, is history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFast forward 16 years and Mauricio (still the owner) moved to Canada at the start of 2024, following Alejandro who has been living there for a while now. Mauricio is still involved in overseeing the farm remotely, though he relies on his farm manager and the team on site to do a good job and to keep him up to date. His daughter, Beatrix, has not been involved in coffee previously but she’s now working to become involved a little bit to help the family business. Although he’s living in Canada, Mauricio is still visiting El Salvador regularly to check in on things. Processing of the coffee is carried out at the Los Ausoles dry mill, who have a very good relationship with Mauricio and have shown good consistency and reliability for us as buyers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout the growing season at Finca Argentina, individual workers are given a lot of responsibility over pruning and managing trees. On many farms, pruning would be quite regimented (e.g. every other tree gets a skeleton prune in this section) whereas Finca Argentina are leaving these decisions much more up to the knowledge of the staff, deciding on a plant-by-plant basis what kind of pruning is needed when they work through an area. It is easy to ruin coffee production on trees if you don’t make the right pruning choices, so this shows a lot of trust and is only possible when they retain and develop their workers’ skills long term.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEl Salvador has been hit hard by the wider labour shortage impacting other Central American countries. Luckily Finca Argentina are currently managing well, but they are having to consider more ways to retain necessary numbers of staff during harvest season. The Martinez family employ 50 people during the harvest and 30 the rest of the year. They contribute labour and materials to improve infrastructure in their community’s towns, and grow 25 kg of corn annually for each person. They’re also implementing more ecological management: using compost and other organic products to minimise environmental impact, and intercropping beans to enrich the soil. Their work has improved the land’s biodiversity and cup quality, and the future for Finca Argentina is looking very bright!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Icatu variety is unusual in El Salvador – to learn more about its origins and what makes it tick, visit our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ozonecoffee.co.uk\/blogs\/varietals\/coffee-varietal-icatu\"\u003eIcatu varietal guide\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTraceability\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCountry: \u003cstrong\u003eEl Salvador\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRegion: Apaneca-Ilamatepec\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDepartment: Ahuachapán\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMunicipality: Ahuachapán\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNearest town: Turin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFarm: \u003cstrong\u003eFinca Argentina\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProducer: The Martinez Family\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDry mill: Los Ausoles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElevation: 1,300 masl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariety: \u003cstrong\u003eIcatu\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProcessing method: \u003cstrong\u003eNatural\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGPS: \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"View GPS coordinates on Google Maps\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/EX54BS6gA3LLGdrU6\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e13°56'29.4\"N 89°47'04.1\"W\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoast Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium Dark\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe've pushed this one a bit darker than most of our single origins – a medium-dark roast that really leans into the coffee's natural sweetness and body. Our roasters also run the temperature a touch hotter than you might expect for a coffee like this, which helps develop all that sticky caramel richness and lets the dried fruit notes (think Christmas cake territory) really come into their own. It's a bold, full-bodied cup with plenty of depth - perfect if you like your coffee with a bit of oomph, and fantastic for milk drinks like flat whites, lattes, cappuccinos etc. Also, if you take your filter coffee with milk, this is a great option for a particularly delicious mug.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCupping Scores\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTasting notes: Plum, caramel, raisin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCup of Excellence Cupping Scores\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClean cup: 6\/8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSweetness: 6.5\/8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcidity: 6\/8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMouthfeel: 6\/8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlavour: 6.5\/8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAftertaste: 6.5\/8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBalance: 6\/8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverall: 6.5\/8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorrection: +36\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTotal: 86\/100\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you'd like to find out more about how we score coffees, make sure to read our blog post \u003cem\u003e\"What Do Coffee Cupping Scores Actually Mean?\"\u003c\/em\u003e by clicking \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"What Do Coffee Cupping Scores Actually Mean? Ozone Journal\" href=\"https:\/\/ozonecoffee.co.uk\/blogs\/journal\/what-do-coffee-cupping-scores-actually-mean\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecommended Resting Time\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur coffee is roasted fresh and ships quickly – which means it might arrive a little lively. Here's the thing: freshly roasted beans are still busy releasing carbon dioxide (a natural byproduct of roasting), and all that activity can make your brew taste a bit sharp or unsettled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive it a few days to calm down and something lovely happens. Those brighter, edgier notes mellow out, sweetness develops, and the flavours you're actually after can really come into focus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe recommend resting your coffee for at least \u003cstrong\u003e5–7 days from the roast date on the bag\u003c\/strong\u003e before brewing. A little patience goes a long way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat said, this is just what we've found works best – not a rule. If you can't wait, we completely understand. 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