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El Salvador Finca Las Ventanas Washed Pacamara Pour-Over Coffee Flavor Characteristics and Brewing Parameters

Published: 2026-01-27 Author: FrontStreet Coffee
Last Updated: 2026/01/27, Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat Official Account: cafe_style). El Salvador Coffee - Finca Las Ventanas 2017 El Salvador COE International Ranking 19th. Finca Las Ventanas is an award-winning excellent estate, also from Chalatenango, a region known for fine coffee in El Salvador.

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El Salvador Coffee - Finca Las Ventanas

In 2017, El Salvador ranked 19th in the COE international competition.

Finca Las Ventanas is an excellent estate that frequently wins awards. It also comes from Chalatenango, a region known for producing fine coffee in El Salvador. Besides coffee trees, Finca Las Ventanas also grows apple trees. When the last COE international competition was held in El Salvador, this estate won third place!

This year, the coffee from this estate that participated in the competition and won an award is a washed Pacamara bursting with floral aromas!

Tasting Experience

To describe the experience of drinking this El Salvador coffee in one sentence:

She is like a voluptuous, mature, sensual woman, carrying the rich aroma of cinnamon and apples.

How to Brew El Salvador Coffee [Finca Las Ventanas Washed Pacamara] Well?

FrontStreet Coffee pour-over reference: Weigh 15g of [Finca Las Ventanas Washed Pacamara] coffee grounds, pour into a grinder and grind to medium coarseness. 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, extracted with a V60 dripper.

Pour the hot water from the pour-over kettle in clockwise circles centered on the middle of the dripper. Start timing when you begin brewing. Within 15 seconds, brew the coffee to 30g, then stop pouring water. When the time reaches 1 minute, pour the second time. For the second pour, like before, pour in clockwise circles centered on the middle of the dripper. Don't let the water flow hit where the coffee grounds meet the filter paper to avoid channeling effects.

When pouring the coffee grounds to the outermost circle, leave one circle, then pour circle by circle toward the center. At 2 minutes and 20 seconds, you should have brewed the coffee to 220g. The coffee brewing is complete.

Japanese Style Iced Pour-Over [Finca Las Ventanas Washed Pacamara]

FrontStreet Coffee iced pour-over [Finca Las Ventanas Washed Pacamara] reference:

El Salvador coffee [Finca Las Ventanas Washed Pacamara], medium roast, BG grinder setting 5M (standard sieve pass rate 67%)

20g coffee grounds, 150g ice cubes, 150g hot water. Water temperature should be 1°C higher than the normal pour-over recommendation of 90°C. Normal grinding uses Fuji 3.5 setting, while iced pour-over uses slightly finer - Fuji 3 setting.

Bloom water amount 40g, bloom time 30 seconds.

Segmented pouring: first segment 60g water, second segment 40g water. Use a relatively fine but high water column, stirring with force to make the coffee grounds roll fully, but be careful not to let the liquid level get too high and don't hit the filter paper at the edges.

The entire extraction time is approximately 2.5 minutes (similar to the normal extraction time for 20g of coffee grounds).

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