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La Cumbre

Salvador - Ilamatepec - La Cumbre - Bourbon - UW

Red bourbonNatural

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About this coffee

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Emilio has managed to further refine the results he seeks in the cup by isolating a plot at the highest point of his farm. We have fallen in love with the very fruity profile of this natural processed Red Bourbon!

Emilio and natural process

A great lover of fully washed coffee, Emilio reserves a part of his harvest for natural coffee, bringing to it a lot of requirement and expertise.
He will be delighted by a very clean natural coffee when it allows the sensory characteristics of the variety and the terroir to shine through before those linked to the process.

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  • Origin

    El Salvador
  • Region

    Apaneca Ilamatepec
  • Terroir

    Santa Ana
  • Farm

    La Cumbre
  • Producer

    Emilio Lopez
  • Species

    Arabica
  • Variety

    Red bourbon

  • Process

    Natural

  • Drying

    Drying beds

  • Packaging

    69kg - Jute bags

  • Altitude

    1550
  • Harvest period

    December - March
  • Type of harvest

    Manual

The farm La Cumbre

With Emilio, we had the idea of separating the highest plot of land from the rest of his El Manzano farm.  

Why? Because we believed that coffee produced at an altitude of between 1,500 and 1,600 metres would have a sweeter profile than that grown in the rest of the farm. Emilio has called it La Cumbre (“the summit"), quite simply because it is grown in the highest part of his farm! With an area of 10 hectares, it now specialises in single-variety microlots of varieties such as yellow and orange Bourbon, Pacamara, SL-34, SL-38 and Geisha.

  • Total number of hectares

    10
  • Altitude

    1500 - 1600
  • Environment

    Montainous
  • Shady

    No shade trees but wind barrier
  • Agroforestry level

    Simple

Meet Emilio Lopez

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A few words about Emilio Lopez

Cuatro M is owned by Emilio Lopez, a producer passionate about his work and in permanent search of perfection, both at his farm and in the cup. He describes his way of working as non-traditional and likes to think outside the box. 


Cuatro M produces, processes and exports not only its own coffees, but also coffees from neighbouring farms. Emilio has managed Cuatro M since 2001. It is a company with a long history of coffee production. Emilio belongs to a sixth generation of coffee farmers. When he took over the management of the family farms, he wanted above all to create a new company, unique in El Salvador. In 2005, Emilio and his team set up the mill (beneficio) at the El Manzano farm.

Today he owns one of the most beautiful production facilities in Central America and can process his coffees using a variety of methods, always with great precision and the same objective: to achieve perfection! He lives by three key values, which are quality, consistency and innovation – we can assure you that you will never be disappointed by the quality of an Emilio coffee!

Analyzed to the nearest gram

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2022/2023

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Density

732g/l

Humidity level

10.6%

Water activity

0.5528aw


Screen

+13


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