El Salvador Santa Ana

This is the Red Bourbon varietal from El Salvador, grown in the Santa Ana region by the Montecarlos Estate. 

Montecarlos is a beautiful farm, covering the entire land of a dormant volcano. On one side is the Pacific ocean with cool breeze, and the other side has the central plateau with warm winds. It’s a 5th generation farm, currently owned by Carlos and Julie Batres.

The coffee is very well sorted and roasts well. It isn’t particularly complex, but it’s very drinkable and pleasant. I think you would be hard pressed to find someone who didn’t enjoy a mug of this.  It has almost a creamy toasted marshmallow note with a little bit of sweet cocoa. We are roasting this about like a Colombian coffee and taking it just barely or not quite into 2nd cracks. You could go a few degrees lighter than this without and issues, but going a few degrees darker brings a bitterness which contrasts deliciously with a little bit of cream.

US Arrival: July 2024