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Cafe330

Finca El Guarumal El Salvador Black Honey

Roaster Location: Hong Kong, China
Coffee Origin: El Salvador
Roast Level: Medium-Light
Agtron: 56/72
Est. Price: HKD $428/150 grams
Review Date: December 2022
Aroma: 9
Acidity/Structure: 8
Body: 9
Flavor: 9
Aftertaste: 8

Blind Assessment

Fruit-toned, gently fermenty. Dried apricot, wine barrel, dark chocolate, brown sugar, gardenia in aroma and cup. Sweet-tart structure with winy acidity; crisp, syrupy mouthfeel. Chocolaty finish with notes of sweet wine-like ferment.

Notes

Produced by Fernando Alfaro and Jose Enrique Gutierrez at Finca El Guarumal from trees of the Yellow Caturra and Red Caturra varieties of Arabica and processed by the black honey method, in which the skins are removed from the fruit but virtually all of the fruit flesh is allowed to dry slowly on the beans, often resulting in a deep, pungent profile. New Life Enterprises is a Hong Kong-based NGO established in 1965 that oversees more than 20 social enterprises. Its coffee brand, cafe330, is designed to serve coffee lovers and provide food and beverage training for people recovering from mental illness. Visit www.nlpra.org.hk for more information.

Bottom Line

A gently winy El Salvador cup, fruit-forward yet crisp and chocolaty.

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