El Salvador Yellow Icatú

Ernesto Samayoa is the 4th Generation of his family, who have been farming their land in El Savador since 1913. He is the first generation to have picked up quality and start focussing on Speciality grade coffees. Not only that, with his Coffee Hope Project, Ernesto is helping other farmers to move into speciality coffee, increasing their coffee quality and, therefore, the price they are able to charge for it.

Yellow Icatú is a lab made hybrid of C. Canephora and Typica, created in Brazil in the ’70’s to be resistant to Roya, the leaf rust disease that has been a huge problem in Central and South America. It is called Yellow Icatú because of the bright yellow colour of the cherries, even when fully ripe. This is also reflected in the cup with lots of yellow fruits like star fruit, a shortbread sweetness and light herbal notes. Wonderful!

Thanks for the delicious coffees Ernesto!