Advent Calendar Day 13 - El Salvador SL28
COFFEE: El Salvador, Finca Argentina SL28
NOTES: Tropical Fruit, Passion Fruit, Mango
ROAST: Medium
Another nanolot from our family farm, Finca Argentina, in El Salvador. I find that one of the benefits of owning a coffee farm is that we can source really small batches of great coffee. This coffee was planted back in 2015 from two seed stocks I managed to procure. The first came from a varietal called Kenya from the Eastern part of El Salvador (we believed it to be SL28 that was brought into the country via Kenya in the mid-sixties and hence the local name). The second came from SL28 seeds that my good friend, Steve Leighton from Drop Coffee in Sweden, brought back to me from a sourcing trip to Kenya. SL28 is a varietal widely distributed in Kenya as it was created by Scottish Labs to be deployed in Kenya.
At our farm, we have about 1,200 trees and a limited production. The cup is juicy with a medium acidity and great sweetness. It is a balanced cup that does not disappoint.
- Country: El Salvador
- Region: Apaneca, Ahuachapan
- Producers: Mauricio Martinez
- Altitude: 1,200 - 1,250 masl
- Varietal: SL28
- Process: Natural