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El Salvador Finca Himalaya

Coffee Details

Country: El Salvador

Estate: Finca Himalaya

Region: Santa Ana

Altitude: 1,580 - 1,720 meters

Varieties: Red Bourbon, Typica

Processing Station: El Divisadero

Flavor Notes: Plum, brown sugar, red wine acidity

Product Information

Manufacturer: Dazhen Coffee FrontStreet Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee)

Address: No. 10 Bao'an Qianjie, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City

Contact: 020-38364473

Ingredients: In-house roasted

Shelf Life: 30 days

Net Weight: 227g

Package Type: Bulk coffee beans

Roast Level: Roasted coffee beans

Origin: El Salvador

Coffee Type: Other

About Project Origin

Sasa Sestic, the 2015 World Barista Champion, launched a green bean sourcing project called Project Origin three years ago with his business team at ONA Coffee. This project works directly with coffee farming families in impoverished countries and regions, improving their production conditions and offering them purchase prices 20% higher than fair trade prices.

The original intention behind this project also included strengthening the connection between roasters and coffee farmers, while guiding farmers to cultivate high-quality coffee beans. To date, Sasa has established relationships with coffee growers from eight countries, including Brazil, Panama, India, Ethiopia, El Salvador, and Costa Rica.

Coffee Varieties

Bourbon coffee was originally cultivated on Réunion Island, known before 1789 as Île Bourbon. Simply put, Bourbon is a coffee variety belonging to the Arabica species. It typically produces red cherries, known as Red Bourbon. In addition, there are Yellow Bourbon and Orange Bourbon varieties. Yellow Bourbon has relatively lower yields but superior quality.

Typica is one of the oldest varieties among many Arabica species. Also known as the old variety small bean coffee, it has low yields and is difficult to cultivate, making it much more expensive than regular small bean coffee. Typica coffee originates from southeastern Ethiopia and Sudan and is the most widely cultivated coffee variety in the Western Hemisphere.

Processing Method

Processing Method: Honey Process

Finca Himalaya is situated in the renowned Santa Ana region, located on the Apaneca mountain range at 1,500 meters above sea level. It is one of the few estates managed by Aida Batlle, with Bourbon as the primary cultivated variety.

The coffee beans produced by this estate undergo washed processing at the El Divisadero processing station in Ataco, owned by Mauricio Salaverria. They are then evenly dried using sunlight and ventilation on African raised beds. Mauricio inherited his parents' and grandparents' business, growing up surrounded by coffee, with particular focus on specialty coffee cultivation.

Brewing Instructions

Hand-pour El Salvador: 15g of coffee, medium grind (using Fuji Ghost teeth 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 half, then slowly continue pouring until reaching 225g. Discard the tail end. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Flavor Profile

Flavor Description: Red wine acidity, plum, brown sugar, full-bodied mouthfeel, long-lasting aftertaste.

Important Notice :

前街咖啡 FrontStreet Coffee has moved to new addredd:

FrontStreet Coffee Address: 315,Donghua East Road,GuangZhou

Tel:020 38364473