El Bosque
Sweet apricot acidity, brown sugar and baking spices, with butterscotch, cooked fruit and a lingering floral finish.
Nora Lemus De Diaz Nuila is a third generation coffee farmer from El Salvador and is the proud owner of several farms throughout El Salvador’s famous Ahuachapán region.
Finca El Bosque is a small 8 hectare farm, that sits at tje the privileged elevation of 1,450 to 1,500 meters above sea level in the Quezalepa canton of the Apaneca municipality, on the Apeneca-Ilamatepec mountain range in the Ahuacapán department of El Salvador.
The Apaneca Ilamatepec mountain range is a chain of four volcanoes that lies between the towns of Santa Ana and Apeneca. This famous growing region is home to many past Cup of Excellence winners, and recently farms from this region have been been certified under the protected Denomination of Origin (DO) classification due to the unique terroir and high cup quality.
Finca El Bosque is planted out with Bourbon variety trees that grow under the shade of local Ingas and forest trees. The coffee and shade trees play a vital role in preserving this regions precious ecosystem and landscape. Growing on lava formations, the coffee trees provide important ground cover and let water infiltrate into the groundwater reserves in the soil. Shade trees help to protect the biodiversity in the region, and provide a sanctuary for hundreds of the migratory and native bird species found in this part of the world.
Coffee is harvested at Finca El Bosque during the final weeks of December through to April. Perfectly ripe cherries are carefully harvested by hand and meticulously sorted before being delivered for processing to the nearby Beneficio El Carmen.
Fernando Alfaro, the owner of the mill and El Carmen Estate, works with the family to process their coffee to their specifications so as to assure its quality and consistency. This lot has been wet milled and fermented for 8 hours according to the mill’s stringent methods before being fully washed and laid to dry on clay patios.
