Plantation Altamira

50% Bourbon 50% Pacas

Department of Santa Ana
Volcan del Chingo EL SALVADOR

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Salvador is the smallest country of Central America; it is also the only one that hasnt any borders on the Caribbean Sea. The country is bordered to the south by the Pacific Ocean, to the west by Guatemala and to the northeast by Honduras. On the southeast of the country is the Gulf of Fonseca, which separates from Nicaragua. A little bite of history The Barrera family, originally from Guatemala, arrived in El Salvador in the early 20th century. Thanks to the commitment of the President of that time to develop coffee production in favour of indigo, and the quality of their land, the Barrera family embarked on the cultivation of coffee. Today the plantation is cultivated by the fourth generation of fifty hectares. The Altamiras terroir Altamiras plantation enjoys an exceptional environment to produce quality coffee. Between 1200m and 1300m, coffee trees enjoy a nutrient-rich volcanic soil, with an annual average temperature of 20 degrees and a steady rainfall ensuring constant development of cherries. Coffees have been growing totally in the shade of pine, teak and lemon trees for 80 years by the Barrera family. This allows cherries to reach their optimum maturity slowly and gradually providing a perfect transmission of all sugars from the pulp to the grains. The harvest is entirely handmade by an experienced team from long years of selective harvesting who makes five passages by trees.

The cherries are then forwarded to the Cuzcachapa cooperative. The Barrera family works with this cooperative because it offers a custom processing solution to have a full traceability of each batch made. Once depulped, cherries are fermented by a process called natural of 24h without the addition of enzymes and are then dried on cemented areas.

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The plantation gives work to about thirty more permanent than a employees and hundred during

harvest. In the plantation, their corn, on vegetables workers beans plots can and made

cultivate others

available by the farm.

Production characteristics
Botanical species: Arabica Variety: Bourbon / Pacas Altitude: 1200 - 1300 meters Soil: Volcanic Rainfall: 2,000 to 2,500 mm per year Harvesting method: Manual and selective Treatment: Wet method Preparation: Densitometrical, optical and manual separation Harvest period: November to January Flowering: April Packaging: Bag of 69 kg

Cupping note
Tasted on June 29th 2013. Roasting: Medium Preparation: French press Nose: fresh and sweet notes of Its aromatic profile 85.05 / 100

hazelnuts and peanuts La liqueur : suave et tout en rondeur, ce caf dveloppe une lgre acidit autour de notes gourmandes de fruits rouges et de cacao.