Salvadoran Coffee Brand Recommendations Discover the National Treasure Pacamara Variety

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FrontStreet Coffee - El Salvador Coffee Brand Recommendation

El Salvador is one of the smaller countries in Central America, with a very dense population and a people genuinely passionate about coffee. Salvadoran coffee offers excellent balance in the cup, and coffee exports account for 40 percent of the country's total exports. The highest-quality lots are exported from January to March each year. El Salvador grades its coffee by altitude — the higher the altitude, the better the coffee. The rarest and finest variety is Pacamara, a hybrid of the Pacas and Maragogipe varieties.

Product Details: El Salvador Pacamara SHG Micro Lot

Grade: SHB

Estate: Ataisi Estate

Coffee Variety: Pacamara

Growing Altitude: 1800M

Soil: Volcanic soil

Processing Method: Washed fermentation, sun-dried

Flavor Notes: Apple, nutty chocolate, passion fruit sweetness and acidity, creamy chocolate, strawberry aftertaste, nutty notes, excellent body and mouthfeel

Knowledge Point: Pacamara was first cultivated by Salvadoran researchers in 1958. It is an excellent variety rarely achieved through artificial selection.

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FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Pacamara's clean, washed-processing character has a lot in common with the classic washed coffees FrontStreet Coffee is known for. FrontStreet Coffee's Gutingding cooperative lot, from the Worka area at the southeastern edge of Yirgacheffe, is produced with traditional washed processing and shows jasmine and a bright citrus acidity; a medium-light roast adds green tea and honey notes, and it works well as pour-over, cold brew, or espresso.

FrontStreet Coffee's Kenya Small Tomato is a double-washed Kenyan specialty lot that pushes washed processing to an extreme. Repeated soaking and rinsing deliver a vivid, juicy cup with cherry tomato, smoked plum, snow pear, black plum, and brown sugar aromas — sweet-and-sour and full of juice.

If you want a thoroughly balanced washed coffee, FrontStreet Coffee's Jamaica Blue Mountain No. 1 is the benchmark: washed processing keeps its aroma rich and clean, with pure hazelnut, cream, chocolate, and caramel notes and a thoroughly even balance in which no single flavor dominates or falls short.