Name: Loma La Gloria - Unicorn
Region: El Boquerón, El Balsámo, Quetzaltepec
Notes: stewed strawberries, dried pineapple, peach, date caramel
Producer: Anny Ruth
Process: Natural
Varieties: Red Bourbon
Altitude: 1,400 - 1,700 MASL
Brew Ratios: For pourovers, try a 1:16 ratio. A 1:2.1 ratio will work best for espresso.
More: Loma La Gloria is hitting our shelves for the sixth year in a row! When we first tasted the coffees from Anny Ruth Pimental’s farm in El Salvador - known for their beautiful honey and natural processed coffees - we knew it’d be a long-term relationship. In the past years we have featured Anny’s natural pacamara, red bourbon red honey process, and natural yellow bourbon. This year we’re excited to feature her Unicorn process of this beautiful Red Bourbon. This coffee is naturally processed with a bit of extra magic. The cup boasts flavors of stewed strawberries, sweet dried pineapple, peach aftertaste and a date caramel sweetness and body.
Loma La Gloria was purchased in the 1990s by Anny’s father Roberto, a civil engineer and a natural businessman. Construction of the mill was finished in 2001, but unfortunately, the mill was left abandoned. Loma La Gloria’s coffees continued to be sold at other local mills. Anny took over the mill in 2012, and eventually built Loma La Gloria into a farm with a reputation for quality across the world.
Loma La Gloria sits in the El Boquerón crater of the San Salvador volcano. Volcanic soil is ideal for growing coffee, as is the elevation of the farm (1200-1750 MASL). Shade trees cover much of the farm, which helps control temperature on the farm and also creates a home for many types of birds.
We hope you’ll love the coffee from Loma La Gloria as much as we do. Supporting female farmers is especially important to us - gender equity, in all things, creates better, more collaborative results.
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