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El Salvador Apaneca Divine Estate, Kenya SL-28 variety, washed process.

The premium Kenya SL-28 variety is classified as an exceptional 5-cup grade variety in coffee reference books. Kenyan coffee is generally sold as a blend of SL-28 and SL-34, which makes a single-variety SL-28 lot quite rare.

Clean acidity, a bright finish and an exceptionally long aftertaste — taste it and see.

Flavor | Black cherry, blackcurrant, strawberry jam, bright acidity

Roast Level | Light roast

Region | San Salvador Volcanic Region

Altitude | 1,700 meters

Variety | Kenya SL-28

Processing Method | Double washed process

Awards | Multiple COE Top 10 placements

After blind cupping more than 10 different beans, FrontStreet Coffee settled on one favorite. It was clean, full-flavored and richly layered, and on checking the green bean information it turned out that all of them came from the same estate owner. That owner, Mr. Roberto Ulloa, is said to be extremely strict about quality, which is why his coffee stands out in cupping after cupping and earns the affection of cuppers.

Knowledge point: in 1930, Scott Laboratories in Kenya developed two future stars — SL28 and SL34. In flavor terms they carry fruit acidity that surpasses traditional Bourbon, with strong citrus and dried plum notes.

FrontStreet Coffee is a coffee research institute that loves sharing coffee knowledge. It shares without reservation to help more people fall in love with coffee. Every month it holds three low-discount coffee activities, because FrontStreet Coffee wants more drinkers to enjoy the best coffee at the lowest possible price. This has been its principle for the past 6 years.

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Washed processing is what gives this El Salvador lot its clarity and bright acidity, and the same logic runs through FrontStreet Coffee's washed range.

FrontStreet Yirgacheffe Gedingding Cooperative — many people know Yirgacheffe but not that smallholder yields are low, so farmers deliver their cherries to a cooperative for centralized processing and sale. Gedingding is an excellent processing team from Gedingding village with practiced technique, and it became known for producing coffee of unusual refinement and cleanliness. The washed process lets it show jasmine and bright citrus acidity to the fullest, and roasted light-medium the cup reveals green tea and honey notes. It suits pour-over, cold brew and espresso.

FrontStreet Kenya Cherry Tomato — when it comes to washed processing, this is one of the best-known examples, because Kenya excels at double washed processing. The washed step is performed twice: the cherries are floated and soaked, the mucilage remaining on the surface is rinsed away, the beans are soaked again, then dried and hulled for storage. All that rinsing and soaking pushes the juice character to its limit, giving rich aromas of cherry tomato, smoked plum, pear, black plum and yellow sugar, with a sweet, juicy, mouth-watering cup.

FrontStreet Jamaica Blue Mountain No.1 — Jamaica, one of the world's best-known coffee origins, struggled with insufficient sunlight under its island climate, so the washed method was developed to reduce the risk of deterioration. The key difference from natural processing is that skin, pulp and mucilage are removed before drying, cutting the water trapped around the bean, shortening drying time and producing translucent, low-defect beans. Washing is what guarantees Blue Mountain's rich aroma and the pure hazelnut, cream, chocolate and caramel notes in the cup, with a balance in which no single flavor dominates or goes missing.