Lilliana de Narvaez espresso

Lilliana de Narvaez espresso

Roasted on 03 MAY 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 2022-2023
  • 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.

Brew guide

This is a light espresso roast. Roasted to bring out the fruity flavours of the coffee. This style of roast is best suited for black espresso based drinks. That said, you can still make a tasty flat white out of this roast.

  1. Black

    • dose 18g
    • Brew weight 40-45g
    • Brew time 25-30 seconds

  2. White

    • dose 18g
    • Brew weight 27-36g
    • Brew time 30 seconds

For any help on coffee brewing of all methods i.e. espresso, plunger etc fire an email through to espresso@rocketcoffee.co.nz

Ripe coffee cherries at Monte Sion.

Lilliana during harvest at Monte Sion.