Is El Salvador Himalaya Coffee Good? El Salvador Coffee Brewing Methods

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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 ONA Coffee. This project works directly with coffee farming households in poor countries and regions, improving their production conditions and offering them purchase prices 20% higher than fair trade prices.

The original intention of this project also includes strengthening the connection between roasters and coffee farmers, and guiding coffee 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, which was formerly known as Île Bourbon before 1789. Simply put, Bourbon is a coffee variety belonging to a branch of the Arabica species. It generally produces red fruits, called Red Bourbon. In addition, there are also Yellow Bourbon and Orange Bourbon. Yellow Bourbon has relatively lower yields but better quality.

Typica is one of the oldest varieties among many Arabica species. Also known as old variety small-grained coffee, it has low yields and difficult cultivation, so its price is much higher than ordinary small-grained coffee. Typica coffee originates from southeastern Ethiopia and Sudan and is the most widely cultivated coffee variety in the Western Hemisphere.

Processing Method: Semi-Washed

Finca Himalaya is located in the renowned Santa Ana growing region on the Apaneca mountain range at an altitude of 1500 meters, and is one of the few estates managed by Aida Batlle. The cultivated varieties are mainly Bourbon.

The coffee beans produced by this estate undergo washed processing at El Divisadero processing plant in Ataco, under the name of Mauricio Salaverria, then are evenly dried using sunlight and ventilation on African raised beds. Mauricio inherited his parents' and grandparents' business and has been involved with coffee since childhood, especially focusing on specialty coffee cultivation.

Brewing Instructions

Hand-pour El Salvador coffee: 15g of grounds, medium grind (Fuji Royal serrated burr grinder #4), V60 dripper, water temperature 88-89°C. First pour 30g of water for 27 seconds pre-infusion, then pour to 105g and stop. Wait until the water level in the coffee bed drops to half, then continue pouring slowly until reaching 225g. Avoid the tail section. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Flavor Description

Red wine acidity, plum, brown sugar, full body, long aftertaste

El Salvador Finca Himalaya

Country: El Salvador

Estate: Finca Himalaya

Region: Santa Ana

Altitude: 1580-1720 meters

Varieties: Red Bourbon, Typica

Processing Plant: El Divisadero

Flavor: Plum, brown sugar, red wine acidity

Manufacturer: Dazhen Coffee FrontStreet Coffee
Address: No. 10 Bao'an Front Street, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou
Contact: 020-38364473
Ingredients: In-house roasted
Shelf Life: 30 days
Net Weight: 227g
Packaging: Bulk coffee beans
Roast Level: Roasted coffee beans
Origin: El Salvador
Coffee Type: Other

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