El Barril

Passenger

Lancaster, PA

El Barril

Sweet & Inviting

Proof that you can roast very light and still develop a ton of caramelized sugar flavors, these big Maracaturra variety beans taste to us like brown butter and apricot jam, elevated by gently floral aromatics.
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    • Brown Sugar, Ripe Fruit, Florals
    About the Roaster
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    Location
    Lancaster, PA
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    Fun Fact
    Passenger's Isuzu box truck that transports each week's allotment of green coffee from freezer to roastery is named Suzy.
    Details
    El Barril
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      Process
      Washed
    • Nueva Segovia icon
      Sub Region
      Nueva Segovia
    • Bayardo José Jimenez Rodríguez icon
      Producer
      Bayardo José Jimenez Rodríguez
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      Elevation
      1,400 - 1,500
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      Variety
      Maracaturra
    Roaster’s Notes
    In years past, Passenger has proudly offered two Cup of Excellence winning lots from El Barril, a small family-operated coffee farm in the Nueva Segovia region of Nicaragua. This impeccably balanced selection from El Barril’s 2019 harvest provides a balanced and clean example of the Maracaturra variety, a natural cross of Maragogype and Caturra, that was first observed and selected in Nicaragua in the 1970’s.