Lilliana de Narvaez Bourbon [washed] filter roast

Lilliana de Narvaez Bourbon [washed] filter roast

This Bourbon from Lilliana is a solid all day drinking coffee, it’s sweet with flavours of nectarine, blueberry & tangelo.

Roasted 23 DEC 2024
    $18.00
    $18.00
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    About the farmer(s)

    Lilliana de Narvaez — El Salvador

    Lilliana is a third-generation coffee grower who looks after her family's farms in the Apaneca Mountain Range in Western El Salvador. The business was started by her great-grandfather in 1907 & has now grown to six farms.
    All coffee processing, from washing, sorting, de-pulping & drying coffee to bagging & exporting is taken care of on the farm. The wet-mill was built in 1990 & the dry mill in 2002.
    This coffee was processed using the washed method. After harvesting, the coffee cherries are floated in water channels to remove dirt, sticks, leaves & under/over ripe cherries. Then the cherries are de-pulped, fermented, washed & finally sun-dried on concrete patios.

    • region Apaneca
    • farm/farmer Cafe Monte Sion
    • altitude 1200–1700m
    • crop 2024
    • cultivar Bourbon
    • process Washed

    Bourbon is a natural mutation of Typica originating from La Réunion {until 1848 known as Île Bourbon}. The coffee was planted in 1708 by the French who acquired seeds from the Dutch, who in turn acquired them from Yemen. Colour of the cherries is  due to a recessive gene, they can be either pink, yellow, orange or like this offering, red when ripe. Bourbon is 1/3rd more productive than Typica.

    Ripe coffee cherries at Monte Sion.

    Lilliana during harvest at Monte Sion.