El Salvador El Jaralon Gesha natural
Price range: $27.00 through $115.00
Ignacio Gutierrez grows coffee at 1500 meters in Chalatenango, El Salvador, in the tiny country’s northwest, near the border of Honduras and not too far away from Guatemala. It’s a region that is dear to my heart, as it was one of the first coffee growing areas I ever visited. The scale of farms in Chalate is very small–El Jaralon is about five manzanas, or t2 acres, and this is a fairly large farm in the area. It’s also a place where the quality of coffee grown is high, with Chalate taking the Cup of Excellence by storm in the early 2000s. Most farmers grow pacas, but there is also a large percentage of pacamara, one of the key ingredients to the region’s competition success. And in the wake of these successes–Gutierrez himself won the CoE in 2011 and 13–farms planted other varieties such as gesha to further push quality. And this lot shows off a typacity for the three elements that go into its quality: the flavor depth that accompanies Chalate’s arid climate, the dark fruited character of dry processing with small-scale depulpers, and the lift and tropical notes of the varietal itself.
We have limited quantities of this coffee. First roast day is Tuesday, October 13. Coffees ordered before and in the week following will be fulfilled from this batch. There will be a few more batches in two week increments.
- Location: Chalatenango, El Salvador
- Elevation: 1500 MASL
- Varietal: gesha
- Process: natural, dried on raised beds
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Ignacio Gutierrez grows coffee at 1500 meters in Chalatenango, El Salvador, in the tiny country’s northwest, near the border of Honduras and not too far away from Guatemala. It’s a region that is dear to my heart, as it was one of the first coffee growing areas I ever visited. The scale of farms in Chalate is very small–El Jaralon is about five manzanas, or t2 acres, and this is a fairly large farm in the area. It’s also a place where the quality of coffee grown is high, with Chalate taking the Cup of Excellence by storm in the early 2000s. Most farmers grow pacas, but there is also a large percentage of pacamara, one of the key ingredients to the region’s competition success. And in the wake of these successes–Gutierrez himself won the CoE in 2011 and 13–farms planted other varieties such as gesha to further push quality. And this lot shows off a typacity for the three elements that go into its quality: the flavor depth that accompanies Chalate’s arid climate, the dark fruited character of dry processing with small-scale depulpers, and the lift and tropical notes of the varietal itself.
We have limited quantities of this coffee. First roast day is Tuesday, October 13. Coffees ordered before and in the week following will be fulfilled from this batch. There will be a few more batches in two week increments.
- Location: Chalatenango, El Salvador
- Elevation: 1500 MASL
- Varietal: gesha
- Process: natural, dried on raised beds