Manzanita Roasting Company
El Salvador Anny Ruth Red Honey
| Roaster Location: | San Diego, California |
| Coffee Origin: | El Boquerón region, El Salvador |
| Roast Level: | Medium |
| Agtron: | 50/71 |
| Est. Price: | $17.00/12 ounces |
| Review Date: | June 2017 |
| Aroma: | 9 |
| Acidity: | 8 |
| Body: | 9 |
| Flavor: | 9 |
| Aftertaste: | 8 |
Blind Assessment
Balanced, classic in structure. Baker’s chocolate, cedar, dried fig, magnolia, tangerine zest in aroma and cup. Crisply sweet, gentle acidity; round, plush mouthfeel. In the deeply rich finish, the flavor consolidates to notes of cocoa-toned fig with a hint of tangerine zest.
Notes
Produced by Anny Pimentel entirely from trees of the heirloom Bourbon variety of Arabica and processed by the red honey method. With all honey processing methods, some sweet pulp or fruit flesh (“honey”) is allowed to adhere to the beans during drying. In the red honey variation, all or almost all of the pulp is allowed to dry on the beans, rather than only a portion of it, as would be the case with yellow honey. This coffee tied for the third-highest rating in a tasting of women-produced coffees for Coffee Review‘s June 2017 tasting report.
Bottom Line
A classic and inviting Central America cup: crisp, sweet, balanced, plush.
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This review originally appeared in the June, 2017 tasting report: Holding Up (More Than) Half The Sky: Coffees From Women Producers
