El Trompillo - El Salvador

'Sumptuous coffee. Sweet and easy drinking, especially when you add milk - delicious'

It's good to get coffee from El Salvador again this year and this one is the epitome of a comfort coffee in many ways. Easy to work with however you like to brew, well balanced and sweet, you're pretty much guaranteed a moreish mug of yumminess. 

This is the first time in ages that we've bought a Pacamara, a cross between Pacas and Maragogype varietals, discovered in El Salvador back in the late fifties. The beans are larger than usual and have a typical creamy butterscotch-like sweetness. 

In this cup, you should also find subtle, sweet red cherry notes and a deep, luxurious, very slightly bitter dark chocolate finish. Add milk, and you'll discover delicious caramel notes which remind us of biscoff biscuits. 

 Origin: El Trompillo, Alotepec-Metapan, El Salvador. 

Varietals: Pacamara

Processing: Washed

Roast degree: 129 (read more). 

Suitable for: All Brew Methods (read more)

You can get more sensory information about the coffee by looking at the diagrams in the images above. If you need to know how these work, just click here. 

Taste and flavour perception are complex and difficult to articulate. We love sharing our tasting notes with you, but please don't rely too heavily on our reports. Your experience is what matters most and it may be different. We've written about that whole issue here.

IMPORTANT: Please read our short Coffee Bean Care Guide here. 

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