El Salvador | San Ernesto
£12.00+
Tasting Notes
Jammy Shortbread
Origin
El Balsamo, Quetzaltepeq, El Salvador
Process
Honey
Varietal
Bourbon, Pacas
Details
Produced by Urrutia’s Estate Coffee at Finca San Ernesto, El Salvador.
This is a coffee we kept returning to on the table, sweet, balanced, and quietly reassuring. It doesn’t try to do too much, but what it does, it does well.
Finca San Ernesto sits within a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve just outside San Salvador. Managed by brothers Enrique, Rene and Gustavo Urrutia alongside their father, the farm is shaped by long-term care—native forest preserved, biodiversity encouraged, and coffee grown slowly under shade.
This lot is honey processed, with the fruit removed but a layer of mucilage left on the bean as it dries on raised beds. Careful turning under the sun builds body and sweetness, keeping the cup soft and rounded.
Expect flavours of jammy shortbread—warm, sweet, a subtle pastry body and a light hint of sweet fruit. It’s smooth, full, and quietly satisfying, the kind of coffee that will appeal to almost everyone.
