El Salvador - Los Nogales Miramar

Salaverría Family | HSF | Anaerobic Soaked | 88 SCA

High in the mountains of El Salvador, Los Nogales is a historic coffee farm belonging to the Salaverría family and home to one of the most exciting coffees in our range.

Los Nogales was the first farm purchased by the family and is divided into three main areas: El Roble, Capulin and Miramar, the highest part of the farm. Today, generations of coffee-growing experience are combined with a willingness to experiment with varieties and processing to produce some truly exceptional coffees.

This particular lot is grown from Hybrido de San Francisco (HSF), a naturally occurring hybrid of Bourbon and Pacas first discovered on the Salaverría family’s own land. Its name pays tribute to the San Francisco plot where the variety was originally identified.

But it’s the processing that makes this coffee particularly special.

After harvest, the coffee undergoes an extended 96-hour anaerobic fermentation in tanks, allowing fermentation to take place in a carefully controlled, oxygen-restricted environment. This is followed by an unusual double-soaking process, developed to enhance the coffee’s sweetness, clarity and distinctive character.

The result is extraordinary: an intensely sweet, syrupy coffee bursting with tropical fruit.

Expect juicy mango and guava, alongside orange and papaya, finishing with a distinctive whisky-like complexity created by its extended fermentation.

At 88 SCA, Los Nogales Miramar is a coffee for anyone who wants to discover just how exciting speciality coffee can get.

Tasting Notes: Mango • Guava • Whisky

Origin: El Salvador
Farm: Los Nogales
Plot: Miramar
Producer: Salaverría Family / JASAL
Variety: Hybrido de San Francisco (HSF)
Process: Anaerobic Soaked
Altitude: 1,300–1,800 MASL
SCA Score: 88

Recommended Brew Methods

V60 / Pour Over ★★★★★
Our favourite way to explore this coffee. A clean filter brew allows its tropical fruit to shine, bringing mango, guava and papaya to the foreground while retaining that wonderfully syrupy sweetness.

AeroPress ★★★★★
An excellent match for Los Nogales. AeroPress brings a little more body to the cup while retaining the intense fruit and distinctive fermented character.

Espresso ★★★★☆
For the adventurous espresso drinker, this can be spectacular. Expect an intensely sweet, fruit-forward modern espresso with plenty of tropical character rather than a traditional chocolate-led shot.

Cafetière ★★★★☆
The fuller extraction emphasises the coffee’s syrupy body and sweetness, although some of the clarity you’ll experience through a paper filter will be softened.

Flat White / Latte / Cappuccino ★★★☆☆
It certainly works with milk, but this isn’t where we’d choose to showcase such an unusual coffee. Its tropical fruit and complex processing are best experienced without milk.

Our pick: V60 / Pour Over
For an intensely sweet and beautifully clear cup bursting with mango, guava and tropical fruit, followed by a distinctive whisky-like finish.

- All of our coffees are 100% Specialty Grade

- We roast to order so you can guarantee the freshest possible coffee

- All of our coffees are ethically sourced

We always recommend buying whole bean coffee as this is the best for freshness. We are however happy to grind our coffee to your specification if this is how you would prefer it.  Please note, we only supply ground coffee in 227g and 500g bags. 

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