Stone Cup Roasting
El Salvador Los Planes Single Origin Espresso
| Roaster Location: | Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| Coffee Origin: | Citala region, El Salvador. |
| Roast Level: | Medium |
| Agtron: | 48/56 |
| Review Date: | June 2008 |
| Aroma: | 8 |
| Body: | 8 |
| Flavor: | 8 |
| Aftertaste: | 8 |
| With Milk: | 8 |
Blind Assessment
Both Ken (91) and co-taster Heather Perry remarked on a delicate, slightly pungent quality in both aroma and small cup that that Heather associated with herb and orange peel and Ken with cedar and orange. Medium-bodied, with a flavor-saturated finish. In milk both Heather and Ken found balance, with continued orange-toned and, for Ken, chocolaty nuance.
Notes
Los Planes is a relatively newly established but already celebrated El Salvador coffee produced from trees of the admired, large-bean Pacamara variety of Arabica by grower Sergio Edmond Ticas. A Los Planes coffee took second place in the 2006 El Salvador Cup of Excellence competition, where as a green (unroasted) coffee it attracted an exceptional score of 93.5 from an international jury. Stone Cup Roasting is a boutique roasting company in the reviving and attractive city of Chattanooga. Visit
Who Should Drink It
A delicate but versatile espresso, displaying quiet complexity in both straight shot and milk.
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This review originally appeared in the June, 2008 tasting report: Single-Origin Espressos 2008
