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We ship out orders every Tuesday & Wednesday. With the deadline for ordering on Sundays at 18:00 (CET).
We ship out orders every Tuesday & Wednesday. With the deadline for ordering on Sundays at 18:00 (CET).

Guatemala - El Socorro

Location: Guatemala, Palencia
Farm:
El Socorro
Producer:
Diego De La Cerda

Harvest Date:
February 2024
Received Date:
August 2024

Varietal:
Yellow Bourbon
Growing Altitude:
1800 meter
Processing Method:
Washed
Total Volume Ordered:
300 kg

Roast:
Light Roast
Flavour Notes:
Macadamia & Honeydew Melon 

Our recipes

Dose: 13g
Water: 200g at 94°C
Grind size: 8,5
Brew time: 2:30-3:30 min
Target TDS: 1.25 - 1.35

Begin your brew with an initial 100g pour. Use your first 30g of the pour to saturate the coffee bed evenly whilst implementing a circular pouring technique.
Continue your pour by completing the final 70g pour into the center of the coffee bed. Replicate this pouring format once again, commencing your second pour at 30 seconds. Finish the brew with a total brew time of 3:00 minutes.

Example of the pouring structure:
1. 30g Circle Pour - 70g Center Pour (0:00)
2. 30g Circle Pour - 70g Center Pour (0:30)

find more recipes and volumes on our youtube channel.

Dose (in): 19g
Dose (out): 45g (1:2.4)
Grind Setting: 4,2
Brew Time: 25-30s
Target TDS: 6.5 - 8

Dose and distribute carefully using a scale capable of reading to an accuracy of 0,1g. You must first identify the size of your filter basket - preferably of the brand and variety 'VST 'Ridgeless'.
We recommend using a dosage within +/-1g of the size of the basket.

Please adjust your grind settings as necessary and use the recommended brew time as a reference.

Grind Size: 6
Dose (in): 10g
Brew Water: 170g at 100°C
Brew Time: 4:00
Days from Roast: 15
Target TDS: 1.27 - 1.33

The filter recipe is based on our own april Brewers (flat-based) and our april Paper Filters. As for espresso, the recipes are designed using a Modbar AV.
All of our grind settings reference a Ditting Sweet Lab 804. You can adjust your grind settings as necessary and use the recommended brew time as a reference.

About the Farm

El Socorro is a farm known for its consistent quality and exceptional stability, placing highly over consecutive years in the Guatemalan Cup of Excellence competitions. Diego is a third generation farmer, having held the reigns at the farm for last 15 years, during which the number of varietals on offer have increased and the production methods have become more consistent and unique.

El Socorro produce fantastically clean washed processed coffees, utilising hot water following the milling process to accelerate the fermentation. Diego believes that reducing the fermentation time maintains the optimal density of the bean leading to a greater cup quality.

This is the first year that we are working with coffee from El Socorro and we are very excited to welcome the team into the april Partner Farmer family.

About this coffee

Yellow Bourbon is typically sweet, delicate in flavour, and complex. This variety may be traced back to 1930 in Pederneiras, Sao Paulo.We are not exactly sure of how the Yellow Bourbon came to be, some claim that the variety resulted through natural breeding of Botucatu’s Yellow and Red Bourbon, while other think that the plant is a natural mutation of Red Bourbon.

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