| Roaster Location: | Bellingham, Washington |
| Coffee Origin: | Santa Ana Department, El Salvador. |
| Roast Level: | Light |
| Agtron: | 63/82 |
| Est. Price: | $13.99/12 ounces |
| Review Date: | July 2011 |
| Aroma: | 7 |
| Acidity: | 8 |
| Body: | 8 |
| Flavor: | 8 |
| Aftertaste: | 8 |
Blind Assessment: Intense but rather simple aroma: faint suggestions of dusk flowers, fir, blackberry. Sweetly tart acidity; silky mouthfeel. In the cup aromatics lift and open: lemon, dusk flowers, hints of white wine and fresh pipe tobacco. Sweet, slightly astringent finish with good flavor persistence, particularly flowers.
Notes: This 100% Bourbon-variety coffee comes from one of the highest elevation farms in the Apaneca-Ilamatpeque mountain range of El Salvador. Finca San Joaquin rises to 5,550 feet above sea level, and receives full sunlight in only the early part of the day, resulting in a very drawn out maturation time for the cherries. Founded in 1971, Tony's Coffees & Teas is a wholesale specialty coffee roasting company. Although the Tony's roasting facility is in Bellingham, Washington, the company maintains distribution and training centers in Seattle, Washington and San Jose, California. Visit www.tonyscoffee.com or call 800-448-8804 for more information.
Who Should Drink It: Should appeal to lovers of dry, complex white wines.
This review originally appeared in the July, 2011 tasting report: Quest for an Everyday Coffee: Macro-Lots
