We welcome back El Izotal! This funky natural was a fan favorite last year and this year’s crop is sure to amaze! Fresh off of winning 21st place in the famed Cup of Excellence competition, El Izotal is quickly making a name for itself around the globe. A 100% Pacamara Natural process that flirts with fermentation experiments resulting in a cup bursting with flavor. Aromatics of honey and tasting notes of tropical fruit, pecan, tangerine, with a well balanced body & syrupy mouthfeel. Try it iced - we think it's even more impressive as an iced pour over!
What many people don’t know is that El Salvador was devastated during their civil war from 1980-1990 and the Izotal community was one of the hardest hit. Members of our own communities, especially in Hyattsville were directly impacted by that civil war.
Our head roaster, Franklin Ventura, is from El Salvador and in 2019 he made it his mission to source a phenomenal Salvadorian coffee. Eventually, Franklin connected with producer Jorge Rubio, a direct trade coffee entrepreneur with a company that assists farmers in producing specialty coffee. Some of what they do to assist farms is technical assistance, tech transfer, organic foliars for maintaining healthy plants, assistance prior & post-harvest to improve and innovate fermentation and drying processes. By connecting with Jorge we have been able to directly purchase incredible Salvadorian coffees that we believe are some of the very best in the world. But we’ll let you be the judge of that!
CountryEl Salvador
RegionAlotepec-Metapan
Altitude1900 Meters
VarietalsPacamara
Production MethodNatural
Roast LevelLight
El Izotal
El Salvador
Tasting Notes
Honey AromaticsTropical FruitPecanTangerine AcidityWell BalancedSyrupy Body
