El SalvadorHasbean Coffee · Stoke-on-Trent
El Salvador: Finca Argentina, Icatu, Natural
Apple strudel · almond · toffee · pastry · almonds · chocolate · caramel · nutty
£38.00/kg
£38.00 for 1 kg, their cheapest per kilo · about £0.68 for an 18 g espresso dose
Price observed 9 Nov 2026. This is the bag, not the basket: delivery is not included.
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Farm named
What Hasbean Coffee says about this coffee
El Salvador: Finca Argentina, Icatu, Natural
Picture a warm slice of apple strudel. Soft, sweet cooked apple folded into flaky pastry, finished with a scattering of almonds and a drizzle of toffee for a deeper, darker sweetness. That’s this coffee. It’s gentle, rounded and eminently quaffable.
It’s also a bit of a rarity. This is Icatu, a Brazilian varietal through and through, and you very rarely see it outside Brazil. Finding it on a hillside in western El Salvador, grown by friends we’ve bought from since 2008, was too good to pass up.
A Brazilian a long way from home
Icatu is a proper slow-burner. Breeders at Brazil’s Instituto Agronômico de Campinas (IAC) started work on it in 1950, and the first cultivars weren’t released until 1992. That’s over four decades of patient crossing and selecting.
The goal was to bring the disease resistance of Robusta (Coffea canephora) into Arabica without losing what makes Arabica worth drinking. Breeders crossed Robusta with Red Bourbon, then backcrossed the offspring with Mundo Novo, generation after generation, keeping the plants that held onto that resistance while growing and tasting more and more like Arabica. The result is a tall, v…
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What the roaster says about where it came from
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How it sits among coffee from El Salvador
Hasbean Coffee describe this coffee as fruity, caramel and sweet, chocolate, nutty. The filled shape is how often roasters use each family across coffee from El Salvador; the rings on the rim are this coffee’s own.
Every family the roaster names is a common one for coffee from El Salvador, so this reads as a typical example rather than an outlier.
The roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement. We have not tasted this coffee. All El Salvador coffees
What Hasbean Coffee says about itself
Living wage employer
…our delivery packaging is recyclable. People We’re proud to be a Living Wage employer and work to create a diverse and inclusive team of great people, prioritising wellbeing… part of a longer passage their page (opens in a new tab)
Compostable packaging
“Packaging All our bags (including labels) are compostable or recyclable. All our delivery packaging is recyclable.” their page (opens in a new tab)
Recyclable packaging
“Packaging All our bags (including labels) are compostable or recyclable. All our delivery packaging is recyclable.” their page (opens in a new tab)
Organic
…ther toxic ingredients in their farming practices, all of which are normal practises with certified Organic farming too. part of a longer passage their page (opens in a new tab)
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Where each fact came from
Altitude, highest
“On the farm Finca Argentina sits near the town of Turin, in the Ahuachapán department, high in the Apaneca-Ilamatepec mountain range at between 1,150 and 1,350 metres above sea level.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Altitude, lowest
“On the farm Finca Argentina sits near the town of Turin, in the Ahuachapán department, high in the Apaneca-Ilamatepec mountain range at between 1,150 and 1,350 metres above sea level.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Species
“The goal was to bring the disease resistance of Robusta (Coffea canephora) into Arabica without losing what makes Arabica worth drinking.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Variety
“This Icatu comes from Guachipelin, a six-hectare plot replanted in 2016 with Icatu, Centroamericano H1, Yellow Bourbon and a little SL-28.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Farm
“El Salvador: Finca Argentina, Icatu, Natural Picture a warm slice of apple strudel.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Flavour families
Beneficio Los Ausoles (COAUSOLES) Elevation: 1,150 to 1,350 m.a.s.l. Variety: Icatu Processing method: Natural GPS: 13°56’29.4”N 89°47’04.1”W Cupping scores Cupping notes: Apple strudel, almond, toffee Cup of Excellence cupping scores Clean cup: 6/8 Sweetness: 6.5/8 Acidity: 6/8 Mouthfeel: 6/8 Flavour: 7/8 Aftertaste: 6/8 Balance: 6.5/8 Overall: 6.5/8 Correction: +36… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Country of origin
“El Salvador: Finca Argentina, Icatu, Natural Picture a warm slice of apple strudel.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Processing
“Natural processing, where the whole cherry dries around the seed, pushes it further into soft, cooked fruit, and that’s exactly what’s happened here.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Tasting notes
Beneficio Los Ausoles (COAUSOLES) Elevation: 1,150 to 1,350 m.a.s.l. Variety: Icatu Processing method: Natural GPS: 13°56’29.4”N 89°47’04.1”W Cupping scores Cupping notes: Apple strudel, almond, toffee Cup of Excellence cupping scores Clean cup: 6/8 Sweetness: 6.5/8 Acidity: 6/8 Mouthfeel: 6/8 Flavour: 7/8 Aftertaste: 6/8 Balance: 6.5/8 Overall: 6.5/8 Correction: +36… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
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