LIMITED | El Salvador | El Retiro | Bernardina | Washed

About This Coffee

This lot is from Finca El Retiro in El Salvador, produced by the Pacas Family and composed of the rare Bernardina variety. The coffee was washed — pulped, fermented in water, and dried on raised beds — producing a clean, sparkling cup with a lactic mouthfeel. Tasting notes include nectarine, floral and vanilla characters with tropical fruit accents of peach, papaya and mango.

Origin

El Salvador

Flavor Notes

Floral, Vanilla, Peach, Papaya, Sparkling, Lactic

Roast Level

—

Processing

Washed

Typology

Arabica

Bernardina

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Proud Mary Coffee

Nolan and Shari Hirte opened Proud Mary in Collingwood in 2009. A trip along the American west coast had shown him what specialty coffee could be and he returned to Melbourne determined to bring that approach to a country that was, at the time, an espresso nation. Nolan first attended Cup of Excellence in 2011; since then, Proud Mary staff have served on international juries for over a decade. Proud Mary became one of Melbourne's first roasters to champion filter coffee and single-origin brewing. The roastery categorizes its offerings along a Mild-to-Wild spectrum. Their Ghost Rider blend, a natural-processed combination of Brazilian and Ethiopian coffees, is award-winning. A second roasting operation now runs from Portland, Oregon, supplying American wholesale accounts and retail customers with locally roasted beans.

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