Anny Ruth • Black-Honey-Processed Red Bourbon

Recommended Roast Level

Full City (Medium)

Tasting Notes

This coffee from Anny is a classic. I’m really liking the smooth mouthfeel of this cup and picking up just a touch of developed fruited sweetness on a sweet chocolate-forward profile. The coffee is a black honey, but the taste lends more so to a washed than a natural. I’m developing this roast further past the first crack to draw out that El Salvador dark chocolatey developed sweetness and think it really scratches that medium-dark profile that many enjoy. Great for espresso and cold brew especially, but I think this can be brewed any way and be tasty.

Loma La Gloria Coffee Production

While she originally dreamed of becoming a coffee roaster and owning her own coffee shop, Anny Ruth pivoted in 2012 to take over operations of the Loma La Gloria farm. Her father, Roberto, had purchased the land back in the 1990s and even built a mill on it. But when a coffee crisis struck, the mill was left abandoned, with Roberto selling the coffee cherries to local mills.

All that changed when Anny Ruth took over the reins. She rehabilitated, updated, and began running the mill, and has been exporting traceable, quality coffee directly ever since. Rich in volcanic soil and spanning ideal elevations for growing coffee (1200-1750 meters above sea level), Loma La Gloria grows Red Bourbon and Pacamara varietals–all of which are consistently delicious.

I recently took a trip out to Loma La Gloria and was blown away by some of the coffee coming out of this farm–some of which had been developed through magical-sounding processing methods I had never heard of before, like the “unicorn process”. Definitely a trip worth taking and a coffee worth sharing with all of you!

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