El Salvador
Finca Mauritania
Heavy chocolate and dried fruit notes in this lot by experienced Salvadoran producer Aida Batlle.
- Grown by highly experienced producer Aida Batlle, the first ever female Cup of Excellence winner.
- Coffee expression
Sweet and Rich - Whole Bean Coffee
250g (8.8oz) or 1000g (35.3oz)
- Regular price
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$22.00
incl. vat/tax
- Sale price
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$22.00
incl. vat/tax
- Regular price
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$22.00 - Unit price
- per
Mauritania is one of three Batlle family farms, located on the slopes of the Santa Ana volcano.
El Salvador
Aida Batlle
Finca Mauritania is owned by the Batlle family, and has been run mainly by Aida Batlle, the sixth generation of the family to produce coffee, for almost 2 decades. Aida is a true trailblazer in the coffee world, having been the first woman to win a Cup of Excellence, the inaugural Salvadoran competition in 2003. Fleeing to Miami during El Salvador’s brutal Civil War, Aida returned to the family’s farms in the late 90’s. Although much of the coffee from the farms was pre-contracted to a local buyer, Aida was free to experiment on the highest plot of land, with the highest quality potential, Finca Kilimanjaro.
It was not long after this that her attention to detail paid off, and the Cup of Excellence win opened the doors not only for the Batlle farms, but for a wider quality revolution in El Salvador. Since then, Aida has worked with some of the finest roasters across the world, innovating in new varietals, processing techniques, the export of cascara, and developing direct trade models.
This washed Bourbon exhibits typically Salvadoran chocolate notes, with a rich dried fruit sweetness.
Washed Bourbon
From the slopes of the Volcano
This coffee comes from Finca Mauritania, located on the slopes of the Santa Ana volcano, not far from the town of Santa Ana itself. The volcanic soils of Santa Ana are very fertile, leading to excellent yields as well as quality. Here, as on all of the family farms, the level of control at all stages is impressive. Only the ripest red cherries are picked, fermentation protocols are followed to the letter, and coffee is stored and dry-milled under exacting conditions. This lot is from the Bourbon plot at Mauritania, and processed using the washed method. This leads to a deeply chocolatey cup, with rich notes of dried fruit.
Technical Data
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Producer
Aida Batlle -
Region
Santa Ana -
Altitude
1500 masl -
Varietal
Bourbon -
Process
Washed -
Harvest
March 2021
Washed Process
The washed process involves completely removing both the cherry and the mucilage from the outside of the parchment with the use of friction, fermentation and water. After being harvested, the coffee cherry is then sliced open by either a metal or a sharp plastic blade.
The two seeds (also known as beans) are pushed out of the cherry, which leaves the seed with mucilage as their outermost layer. It is essential in the washed process that all mucilage is removed from the seed which leaves only the flavour that developed in the cell structure of the seed prior to processing.