How to Properly Enjoy El Salvador Santa Rita Coffee & El Salvador Coffee Bean Prices

El Salvador stands alongside Mexico and Guatemala as a major coffee-producing country in Central America, competing with other nations for the top one or two positions in the region. High-altitude growing areas produce uniformly large beans with a rich, mild flavor. Like Guatemala and Costa Rica, El Salvador grades its coffee by altitude, and the higher the altitude, the better the coffee. It is divided into three grades by elevation: SHB (Strictly High Grown) for high altitude, HEC (High Grown Central) for medium-high altitude, and CS (Central Standard) for low altitude. The best brand is Pipil, which is the Aztec-Mayan name for coffee. It has been certified by the Organic Certified Institute of America.

The flavor profile features wheatgrass, roasted nuts, and maltose, with the smoothness of milk fat, rounded acidity, and the sweetness of brown sugar and hazelnut chocolate.

Pour-over Santa Rita

15g of coffee, medium grind (Fujiyama ghost tooth blade grinder #4), V60 dripper, water temperature 88-89°C. First pour 30g of water for a 27-second bloom, then pour to 105g and pause. Wait until the water level drops to halfway, then continue pouring slowly until reaching 225g. Avoid the tail section. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Product Information

Manufacturer: FrontStreet Coffee
Shelf Life: 90 days
Net Weight: 227g
Packaging: Bulk coffee beans
Roast Level: Roasted coffee beans
Origin: El Salvador
Roast Degree: Medium roast

Processing Method: Washed processing

Yellow Bourbon Variety

Yellow Bourbon is a coffee variety whose ripe fruit is yellow. Originally discovered in Brazil, it is now primarily grown there. It is generally believed to have mutated from a hybrid between red-fruited Bourbon and a yellow-fruited Typica variant called "Amerelo de Botocatu." Yellow Bourbon is one of the highest-quality varieties. While regular Bourbon transitions from green to yellow to red, Yellow Bourbon remains yellow in appearance. Yellow Bourbon grown at high altitudes and processed using the natural method has exceptional flavor.

El Salvador Santa Rita Yellow Bourbon Washed SHG EP

Country: El Salvador
Finca: Santa Rita Finca
Region: Santa Rita
Grade: SHG
Score: 94 points - Coffee Review, February 2012

Santa Rita Finca is located in the northern region of the Apaneca-Ilamatepec mountain range at approximately 5,000 feet elevation. Santa Ana Volcano (Volcan Santa Ana in Spanish) is located in southwestern El Salvador, in Santa Ana Department, and is the country's highest peak at 2,362 meters (7,749 feet). It is also a model coffee-producing estate in El Salvador.

Variety: Yellow Bourbon
Flavor: Wheatgrass, roasted nuts, maltose

El Salvador is one of the smaller countries in Central America. Its coffee is light-bodied, aromatic, pure, and slightly acidic, with excellent balance as its distinctive characteristic, making it a specialty of Central America. It features equal characteristics of acidity, bitterness, and sweetness.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Santa Rita's rounded acidity and balance make it a natural fit for a V60, and if you enjoy brewing a single origin that way, FrontStreet Coffee has several V60-friendly coffees worth trying. For a floral, delicate cup, the washed Yirgacheffe Gedingding carries a crisp jasmine aroma and bright citrus acidity with a honeyed finish, and the tropical-fruit-forward sun-dried Guifei shows strong fruit aromas with a black tea finish.

For a Geisha-style experience, FrontStreet Coffee's Strawberry Candy blend combines Panamanian Geisha with Costa Rican coffee, giving fine floral notes alongside sweet fruit, and it works for pour-over, moka pot, espresso machine, and cold brew alike.

If you prefer body and depth over bright acidity, FrontStreet Coffee's Jamaica Blue Mountain No. 1 and PWN Indonesian Golden Mandheling are both excellent hand-poured single origins. Blue Mountain offers a fine balance of sweet, acidic, and bitter notes with cream, caramel, chocolate, and nut complexity, while the Golden Mandheling shows very low acidity and a thick, lingering body with herbal and dark chocolate aromas and a faint earthy note.