El Salvador - San Ernesto - NEW

Country of origin: El Salvador
Farm: San Ernesto
Altitude: 1000-1250m v.j.l.
Variety: Arabica
Variation:  Bourbon, Pacas
Process: Honey

Tasting notes: Green apple, Gooseberry, Vanilla, Apricot, Chocolate

We recommend that you make this coffee moka pot, filter cones and machines, Chemex, Aeropress, in cup.

Now in their sixth generation, brothers Enrique, Reneand Gustavo run San Ernesto alongside their two otherfarms. Their father Gustavo is still involved as anadvisor, giving them the benefit of his experience.The farm is split into twenty-eight tablons, allowingthem to produce microlots if they wish. Each isbetween 3 and 6 hectares. In 2012/2013 they lost 80%of their coffee plantations to leaf rust, and the renewalhas changed their way of management. Instead ofpruning some of the trees, they are systematicallypruning the whole parcel of land. Planting one varietalof coffee on each section of land helps with bettermanagement. This strategy has further evolved to startencompassing select varietals at their best performingaltitudes and will form the planting structure over thenext few years.SAN ERNESTOEl SalvadorSan ErnestoFarmUrrutia familyOwnerEl Balsamo, QuetzaltepeqRegion140 hectaresSizeAll the Urrutias Estate coffees are 100% shadegrown and native trees are planted every year toprevent erosion. The main trees which are grownare the izote and the copalchi which also act as anatural wind barrier.Coffee on this 140-hectare farm has recently beenawarded the Denomination of Origin (PDO).Certification is given by the cuppers from theSalvadoran Coffee Council under the SCAstandards in order to guarantee quality andcharacteristics of coffee from a geographicalregion from the Central part of El Salvador whichincludes the Balsamo Quetzaltepeq MountainRange and the San Salvador Volcano.