Roasting and soon to be cupping Ethiopians

6 samples yirg and sidamos.

Todays Cupping

Today we are cupping 44 coffees from various regions, that is a total of 220 cups and over 5lbs of roasted coffee

Patios in eastern El Salvador

El Salvador

Finca El Provenir, El Salvador
Looking forward to cupping this years crop.

Finca El Manzano

El Salvador

My first trip to El Salvador was great! I saw many farms and visited a few mills. The trees are full of coffee and is looking like it will be a great crop this year if the weather holds out. The main varietals in El Salvador are Bourbon, Pacas, Pacamara and Typica. There are a few new varietals that the government is releasing to the farms. This varietal Sarchimor is a hybrid of Villa Sarchi and Timor (has Robusta genetics) Though the varietal is rust resitant and high production the cup in dirty and inconsitant. I will be adding some photos of the varietal as well trip photos.

Over all a great coffee producing country concidering the lack of water for processing the coffee they have adapted and produce creamy bodied and citrus acidity coffees varying in complexity.

Ethiopia Typica

Ethiopian Typica, this will soon be started in the office garden. I also have some new seed from Kenya of a new varietal that Russ brought back from his East Africa trip.

Jardin Beneficio