Sideyard Notes: El Salvador 🇸🇻 Dry Process
Hello Sideyard Friends,
This week's roast is a fruity dry process coffee from Luis Duarte's Finca San Luis in El Salvador. The first thing you'll notice is the pulpy fruit, but there's more than just fruit. Look for burnt sugars, and a darker/bitter cocoa on the finish. I first tried it on a dreary and wet morning and it was a such a nice antidote I immediately tried to buy more. Alas, it was sold out and we'll have to wait for next year's harvest. This specific coffee was produced as a "micro-lot" of just 40 bags (~60kg each) of green coffee. Not a lot!
Michael's late afternoon bike delivery happened to coincide with a sudden downpour, resulting in some very very wet bags of coffee. He re-bagged the most rain-soaked of the bunch and we learned a couple things.... 1) our compostable bags are indeed compostable 😂, and 2) we need to invest in a weatherproof tent situation for the cargo bike.
The origin track recommendation for the week is Lito Aranda y su Grupo's groovy 1976 Ella fue la unica (YouTube only, alas).
Cheers,
Ryan
p.s. extras in stock on the site.