El Salvador Mirabella Estate Information Introduction_How to Brew Mirabella Estate Coffee for the Best Taste

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El Salvador Coffee

El Salvador coffee, alongside Mexico and Guatemala, ranks among the production countries of the Aztec-Maya region, and is competing with other countries for the first and second positions in Central America. High-altitude origins produce uniformly large coffee beans with rich, mild flavors. Like Guatemala and Costa Rica, El Salvador's coffee is graded by altitude - the higher the altitude, the better the coffee. According to elevation, it's divided into three grades: SHB (strictly high grown) = highland, HEC (high grown central) = mid-highland, CS (central standard) = lowland. The best brand is Pipil, which is the Aztec-Mayan term for coffee. It has been certified by the Organic Certified Institute of America.

Finca Miravalle

Finca Miravalle is a Rainforest Alliance certified estate located at the foot of the Santa Ana volcano in El Salvador. Due to its microclimate and volcanic soil, it's exceptionally suitable for cultivating high-quality coffee. High-altitude cultivation allows coffee cherries to grow slowly, resulting in coffee with special aromas and unique flavors.

Rainforest Alliance Certification

Rainforest Alliance (RA) certification refers to farms that meet the standards established by the Rainforest Alliance. The alliance protects the farm and its surrounding ecosystem, restricts pesticide use, and evaluates benchmarks such as waste management. Only coffee that passes evaluation and certification can be called "Rainforest Alliance certified coffee." The Rainforest certification logo features a prominent frog, so Rainforest Alliance certified coffee is also known as "frog beans."

Finca Miravalle grows Bourbon variety coffee beans using traditional cultivation methods. The coffee beans here have notes of nuts and chocolate, caramel sweetness, and aromas of citrus, apricot, melon, and flowers.

The above concludes our introduction to El Salvador's specialty coffee estates. We hope this provides some flavor guidance for those who enjoy mellow, balanced coffee profiles. El Salvador's cleanliness and sweetness will surely leave you with an unforgettable aftertaste.

How to Brew El Salvador Coffee [Finca Miravalle]?

FrontStreet Coffee Hand Brew Reference:

Weigh 15g of Finca Miravalle coffee powder and pour into a grinder for medium grinding. The ground particles should be slightly coarser than table salt. We use BG grinder setting 5R (standard sieve pass rate 60%), water temperature 89°C, and V60 dripper for extraction.

Pour hot water from the pour-over kettle in clockwise circles with the filter cup center as the focal point. Start timing when brewing begins. Within 15 seconds, brew the coffee to 30g, then stop pouring water. When the time reaches 1 minute, begin the second pour. For the second pour, like the first, pour in clockwise circles with the filter cup center as the focal point. Avoid pouring water where the coffee powder meets the filter paper to prevent channel effects.

When brewing to the outermost circle of coffee powder, leave one circle empty, then continue brewing circle by circle toward the center. At 2 minutes and 20 seconds, the coffee should reach 220g, completing the brewing process.

Japanese Style Iced Hand Brew [Finca Miravalle]

FrontStreet Coffee Iced Hand Brew [Finca Miravalle] Reference:

El Salvador coffee [Finca Miravalle], medium roast, BG grinder setting 5M (standard sieve pass rate 67%).

20g powder, 150g ice, 150g hot water. Water temperature should be 1°C higher than the normal hand brew recommendation of 90°C. Normal grinding uses small Fuji 3.5 setting, while iced hand brew should be slightly finer by half a setting - small Fuji 3 setting.

Bloom with 40g water for 30 seconds.

Segmented pouring: first segment 60g water, second segment 40g water. Use a relatively fine but high water column, stirring forcefully to ensure the coffee powder rolls completely. However, be careful not to let the liquid level get too high and avoid pouring on the edge filter paper.

The entire extraction time should be approximately 2.5 minutes (similar to the normal extraction time for 20g powder).

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