Los Pirineos Laurina

Los Pirineos Laurina

A very sweet coffee with low bitterness as it naturally contains about 40% less caffeine than the traditional cultivars from Los Pirineos.  


250g whole coffee beans

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About this coffee

Flavour notes: Malt, caramel & red fruits

Producer: Diego Baraona
Country: El Salvador
Region: Tecapa-Chinameca, Usulutan
Process: Washed
Harvest date: February 2025

More about the cultivar

Laurina is a mutation of Bourbon. It is a short and pointy cultivar with small leaves, smaller cherries and small coffee beans that are pointy. It is often named "Bourbon Pointu" in Latin-America. Laurina contains less caffeine and is often referred to as a "natural low caffeine coffee." Because of it's lower caffeine content the taste is less bitter than other Arabica cultivars.

How the coffee was produced

Picking and sorting

  • All cherries are selectively picked by hand. Unripe and damaged cherries are removed by hand from the ripe cherries before processing.


Depupling, fermenting & washing

  • Coffee cherries are de-pulped before they are dry-fermented over night. The next morning, the mucilage is washed off the parchment coffee before the coffee is taken to the drying beds.


Drying

  • The coffees we buy from Los Pirineos are all dried slowly on raised beds and most beds are covered with shade nets. During drying the coffees are raked throughout the day to ensure even drying. At night it gets covered to prevent condensation and the risk of the coffee gaining moisture in the drying process. Once the coffees are dried, they are stored in air tight grain pro bags before the they get milled and sorted on the farm. The coffees are also packed in vacuum packs on the farm before they are shipped to Norway.

Shipping

For our Norwegian customers, we offer two shipping options:

  1. Pakke i Postkassen - With Pakke i Postkassen, tracking is provided, and delivery is estimated within 2-3 business days.
  2. Pakke til hentested - The parcel can be collected from a Post in Store, Post Office, parcel locker, or parcel box. This option includes tracking, with delivery expected within 1-5 business days.

For all international orders, we ship via DHL - Worldwide Express. This shipping method includes tracking, and all customs duties and taxes are covered in the shipping price, ensuring there are no unexpected charges for your order or its importation into the final destination. The estimated delivery time with DHL is 1-5 business days. For more information about shipping, please visit our FAQ page here. If you have further questions, please contact us here.

How to brew

Filter

We strongly recommend using the correct measurements and brewing techniques when you brew our coffees. Use a digital scale both to measure water and coffee in order to get consistent results, and we recommend using between 60 to 70 grams of coffee per litre (1000g) of water, depending on the brewing method, water quality and coffee used.

Tim's notes

Diego produces a small amount of this rare cultivar named Laurina that is sometimes referred to as Bourbon Pointu. Naturally this cultivar has lower caffeine content which was confirmed when we sent the coffee for testing. It contained about 40% less caffeine than the Bourbon from Los Pirineos. As many of you might know, caffeine is quite bitter. The fact that this coffee has less caffeine which is probably why it tastes less bitter and is more sweet.

The Laurina trees are quite small and they produce small cherries with small coffee beans inside. This makes it more challenging to produce as you need more cherries to produce a kilo and it takes longer to pick the coffee. The Laurina cultivar is also more susceptible to leaf rust and I think this combination is probably why Diego is a bit hesitant to plant more of it.

For me this is a very different tasting coffee with sweet malty and caramel flavours with some subtle berry notes in the background.

El Salvador

Los Pirineos

Los Pirineos is located on top of the Tecapa volcano in Chinameca, Usulutan in El Salvador. It is over 150 hectares in size and the altitude ranges from around 1100 – 1400 meters above sea level. Over the years, Gilberto and now Diego Baraona have planted over 80 different cultivars of coffee on the farm that grows under partial shade from native shade trees.

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