La Siberia SL34

Producer: The Silva Family

Region: Chalchuapa, El Salvador

Varietal: SL34

Process: Washed

Elevation: 1450 - 1675 meters

The Apaneca-Illamatepec Mountain Range houses the Silva family's most remote farm, La Siberia. It is so named because of the endemic cool weather caused by the prevailing winds coupled with the high altitude. The long maturation season allows for beautiful coffee cherry development and breadth of potential in the finished cup.

 Carmen and Rafael, along with their eldest son Raffa have committed significant plots of the La Siberia farm to the production of SL-34. The volcanic soil and mountain sun are great foundations for this variety. It also offer farmers the opportunity to plant in full sun sections of their farm as these varieties were developed for a more planation style of non-shaded growing in the Kenya Highlands. This full sun approach allows farmers to have plots that are less susceptible to rust fungus because of the full sun exposure. 

It was the cup character that first drew our farming partners to the SLs. They are extremely dense coffees with potential for beautiful acidity and deep fruit notes of black and red currant. When grow in the terroir of the Apaneca Mountians, these coffees express a depth of chocolate and balanced sweetness that really compliment these coffee's natural tendency toward dried dark berries. It is not a fruity coffee - it is a refined and wild all at once.  

This coffee is super versatile. It will be great out of all manual brewing methods. AeroPress and French Press will accentuate the nose of the coffee while pour over techniques will give a cup with more acidity and brightness. This is also a great coffee for flash Japanese-style cold brewing.

ORDERING INFORMATION

All bags are 12 ounces. Orders received by end of day Wednesday will be roasted and shipped that same week. If received after, it will be roasted/packed the following week.

Are you local and would prefer to pickup? Choose pickup as method for delivery to collect at the Roasting Plant in Ventura.

Roasting Plant Pickup address:
5777 Olivas Park Dr. Suite R Ventura, CA 93003. You will receive an email from us when your order is ready for pickup. Check in with our baristas up front when you arrive for pickup. Pickup hours are 7am - 2pm.