El Salvador Honey San Luis Bourbon

Finca San Luis is owned by Luis Duarte, and is located in Ataco, Ahuachapan, not too far from the Santa Ana volcano. San Luis spans roughly 25 well-shaded hectares of land, across an altitude range of 1280 - 1400 meters above sea level. The farm is actually made up of several different "blocks" in close proximity to each other, though not necessarily connected. The Duarte family has chosen to plant their farm heavily in Bourbon cultivar, a tradition going back more than 50 years. One of the first things we noticed at their farms and mill is how incredible cherry selection is. Part of that has to do with how well the coffee is picked at the tree. But the cherries are then laid out on a tarp so that they can remove any green, unripe coffee before being delivered to the wet mill.  This honey process lot from San Luis is quite a departure from the fruity dry process we've carried the past few years. We found bittersweet intensity played an outsized role, though still accented by pulpy fruit notes, and pleasantly rustic sweetness. Check out our video tour of Finca San Luis from a visit in 2023.