Roast
ROAST LEVEL:
Medium
PROFILE:
Smooth & Interesting / Sweet /Juicy
TASTING NOTES:
Cocoa / Almond / Stonefruit
RECOMMENDED FOR:
Drip / French Press / Espresso
Details
About This Coffee
Celebrating acclaimed American street artist RETNA and his Salvadoran roots, this blend is rich with hip-hop and amalgamated cultures from across time and space coming together in a unified abstraction of language.
RETNA is an internationally acclaimed Salvadoran-American artist whose moniker was lifted from the Wu-Tang song 'Heaterz', "Designated hitter flows split the transistor / Kinetic globes light when it shine, burns your retina"
Inspired by etymology and language, RETNA is renowned for having created his own linguistic script, taking inspiration from languages ranging from Hebrew to Egyptian hieroglyphics. His unique language is intended to “feel universal so people from different cultures can all find some similarity in it — whether they can read it or not.”
“We’re all one people, we just grew up in different places. Art unified people for me, so I’ll just be from the world.”
Coded in his work are sometimes pejorative Spanish phrases his mother used to call him, such as "viejo de las drogas" (old man of drugs) and "Vagabundo de la calle," (vagrant of the streets).
This single origin coffee comes from the volcanic soils of Santa Ana and boasts a rich and full bodied profile with comforting notes of cocoa and almond rounded out by a balanced acidity and excellent sweetness. This medium roast balances the sweetness, which comes directly from the caramelization during roasting, with the subtle, more delicate flavors particular to this bourbon and pacas varietal and the degree of fermentation that occurs during processing.
PRODUCER:
Santa Ana Smallholder Farms
GEOGRAPHY:
Region:Santa Ana
Altitude: 1200 - 1600 meters
VARIETY:
Bourbon / Pacas
PROCESSING:
Washed
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