El Salvador Chalcuapa Finca San Antonio SHG
Roast Details City (Light) | El Salvador
Agtron puts me somewhere between medium and medium-light: https://thecoffeeguy.store/cdn/shop/files/Screenshot-20241012-151945_1024x1024@2x.png
Beans
El Salvador Chalcuapa Finca San Antonio SHG
Country of Origin: El Salvador
Region: Apaneca-Ilamatepec
Mountain Range Town: Ahuachapan, Concepcion de Ataco
Estate: Finca Vista Hermosa
Owner: José Enrique Gutierrez
Varieties: Caturra Grade: SHG Cetification: RFA
Processing: Anaerobic Natural
Harvest: Oct-Mar
Altitude: 1100 masl
Cupping Score: 86
Tasting Notes: Dark Chocolate, Lemon, Dried Fruit & Pineapple
Moisture Content: 9.1 (Advertised)
Moisture : 11.0% (Actual)
WA: 0.552
Temp: 23.9
59.2% RH
Roasting Notes
El Salvador:
200g
Moisture: 11.0%
Water Activity: 0.552
Temp: 23.9
59.2% RH
The plan:
Warm-up:
Drum 100%, Airflow 50%
Gas 60% (medium-high heat) Get to 150 degrees C (6:30 minutes); idle there for 20 minutes (I changed the gas to 40 and it still managed to idle)
After 20 minutes (26:30), gas 10%; bring temp down to 140 (29:50)
BBP:
Gas OFF until BT reaches 130 (32:30)
Gas 30% until BT reaches 132
Charge
Gas 60%, air 20%
In batch
Charge 132 C, gas 60%, airflow 20%
Gas 50%@150 C, airflow same
Gas same%@160 C, airflow 50%
Gas 40%@170 C, airflow same
Gas 30%@@180,, airflow same
Mark FC @183
Gas 20%@12% DTR, airflow same
Drop at 1:30 dev time
Bottoming temp: 132 in 4:30 minutes. With 30% gas, 20% air we climb 2 degrees in one minute - don't forget to start heating (charge at 132?)
So next time's warm up would be:
Agtron: 68.34 (High Roast)
Cupping Notes
I thought this would be quite dark, based on smell during roasting, dev time and appearance. Weight loss and Agtron tell a different story. Doesn't taste underdeveloped, but I might go for a longer dev time next. Shoot for 14-15% weight loss, so maybe 1:45-2:00 minutes next time
Espresso: Tastes malty, dark chocolatey, a lot of brown sugar sweetness, hints of acidity like lemon drops
Baby ORB: Black tea, honey sweetness, weak acidity similar to pear drops/lemon drops, raspberry or peach. Overall maybe peach/lemon ice tea?
Additional Details
68.0
59.2% RH
23.9 °C
11.0%
