El Salvador: San Jose, Elefante, Natural
Finca San José
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San Jose is Gloria’s favourite of her farms. Until very recently, all the plants there were planted by her father – it’s productivity has been dropping off as the plants get older so she’s starting to replant now, but she’s also sad to have to remove those coffee trees her father planted. So far, about a third of the plants are new, whilst two thirds are around 60 years old. San Jose was originally bought by Gloria’s grandfather, at which time it was a big farm. It was split between Gloria’s father and three of his brothers, but he bought back land from one of them and recombined it into the San Jose we know today – it’s still pretty small by El Salvador standards at around 10 hectares.
Think of a blackberry and apple crumble. A fruit sweetness at the start is balanced by the crisp acidity of green apple. In turn,the finish is softened by the gentle hum of blackberries, then the aftertaste brings the crumble topping flavours of brown sugar, caramel and biscuit.
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- Country: El Salvador
- Department: Ahuachapán
- Municipality: Apaneca
- Nearest city: El Saitillal
- Farm: Finca San José
- Owner: Gloria Rodriguez
- Farm manager: Antonio Avelino
- Processing method: Natural
- Varietal: Elefante
- Altitude: 1,500 m.a.s.l.
- Average annual rainfall: 2,500mm
- Average temperature: 17ºC
- Type of soil: Clay loam
- Type of shade: Pepeto, inga sp, and other native trees
- Typical native fauna: Armadillo, gray fox, agouti, pocket gopher, magpie, turquoise-browed motmot
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Tasting notes: Blackberry, green apple, crumble topping.
Cup of Excellence Cupping Scores
- Clean cup: (1–8): 6.5
- Sweetness: (1–8): 6.5
- Acidity: (1–8): 6.5
- Mouthfeel: (1–8): 6
- Flavour: (1–8): 7
- Aftertaste: (1–8): 6.5
- Balance: (1–8): 6.5
- Overall: (1–8): 6.5
- Correction: (+36): +36
- Total: (max. 100): 88
Roast Information
Medium to Medium Dark - This does best from late in the gap up to the first pops of second. Keep the roast at a steady speed to get the balanced flavours and full body. -
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Producer Stories
Learn more about coffee sourcingFinca San José
The San Jose farm was acquired in November 2003. At the time it was completely abandoned, and due to its inaccessibility it's been a work in progress for many years. It's up in the chain of mountains that marks the border of Jinotega and surrounds the skirts of Apanas Lake, to 1,300-1,400 meters of altitude.
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