Horsham Coffee Roaster - El Salvador Los Nogales - El Roble - Processing Selection

The Los Nogales estate in the Apanaca Llamatepec region of El Salvador is a very special farm. Launched by the farm’s owners, the Salaverria family, Project Nogales is a unique opportunity through which buyers are invited to chose their coffee by plot of land, process and variety.

We have chosen one lot processed in two different ways from the El Roble plot, which is planted with the Red Bourbon varietal. One lot has been processed using the Natural method and the other is fully washed and then soaked, a method that has become widely known as the Kenyan process. After pulping, fermentation and washing the coffee is then soaked in fresh water which allows proteins and amino acids to develop which is thought to result in higher levels of acidity and complexity in the cup profile.