Abel Salinas

by Flower Child

Variety: Mejorado Farm: Finca Arashi Region: Saragura, Loja, Ecuador Elevation: 1,900 Meters Above Sea Level Harvest: August 2024 Process: Washed Notes: Peaches, floral honey. Abel Salinas' Mejorado is a heavy hitter this year. His rendition of this variety is full of notes like stone fruit, honeycomb citrus. The cup quality is evident right out of the grinder with a grand dulce aromatic bouquet. This is a bigger bodied Mejorado, offering up syrupy notes much in the likeness of a raspberry nectarine coulis. On the warmer side, this profile is clean and balanced. As the cup cools, the fruit really shines with notes of pluot, honey and orange zest. This is an exceptional cup from one of the best in Ecuador. Abel planted his first handful of trees in 2016, now he has up to 22,000+ coffee trees on Finca Arashi. He took the title as a Cup of Excellence winner in Ecuador and has now won over coffee connoisseurs with his incredible crop quality and processing consistency. It's hard to c