Kickoff Impact USA El Salvador Coffee, 12 oz

Impact USA El Salvador Coffee, 12 oz: profile and selection

Impact USA brings Kickoff Coffee together with the American Outlaws supporters group. This store’s twelve-ounce listing identifies an El Salvador coffee with red-apple, caramel and apricot notes. The recorded profile comes from Finca La Esperanza in Apaneca-Llamatepec and describes a fully washed Bourbon coffee with medium body and acidity.

This page preserves the roaster’s documented origin, process, roast, tasting, format and story details without filling gaps with assumptions. The factual profile below is the scope of the current product record.

Current selections include 12 oz whole beans. Confirm the exact size, grind, caffeine choice and flavor when applicable before ordering.

Coffee profile

Brew for Kickoff Coffee Co. coffee

For filter brewing, begin with 20 grams of coffee and 320 grams of filtered water around 198–202°F. Use a medium grind for whole beans, wet the grounds evenly and taste the cup at more than one temperature.

If the result is hollow or sharply sour, grind finer. If it becomes dry or bitter, move coarser. Hold dose and water constant during the first adjustment, then change brew ratio only after extraction feels balanced.

For immersion, try 30 grams to 500 grams with a medium-coarse grind and decant after about four minutes. Compare body and clarity across filtration methods while keeping beverage strength reasonably similar.

Use a scale for dose and water. Beverage yield, drawdown and total contact time are diagnostic measurements rather than goals by themselves. Evaluate body, acidity, clarity and finish together, then make the smallest useful adjustment.

Whole-bean customers can use a consistent grinder such as the Turin DF54 grinder for controlled adjustments. Prepared grounds work best when the supplied texture matches the brewer.

How to choose and evaluate this coffee

Grind a 19 g portion for a first pour-over with 310 g water. Use a steady pour and taste the cup as it cools, looking for a balance between fruit-like acidity and the caramel impression. A measured single cup leaves plenty of the bag for modest adjustments.

Fresh roasted coffee releases gas. Degassing can change bloom, drawdown and espresso flow over the life of the bag, so expect small grind corrections while keeping dose and beverage yield documented.

For shared brewing, post the preferred dose and water weight beside the brewer. A repeatable baseline helps several people produce similar strength and makes feedback about acidity, body and finish more useful.

Freshness, storage and repeatability

Use filtered water that tastes clean on its own. Water chemistry affects perceived acidity, sweetness and extraction, so keep the same water source while dialing in before deciding that a coffee or flavor profile is unsuitable.

Record the coffee dose, water weight, grinder setting and total contact time for the first few brews. A short brew log is more useful than changing several variables from memory and makes later reordering easier.

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Frequently asked questions

Ordering and shipping

This coffee ships directly from the roaster partner. Roasted coffee does not qualify for free shipping; shipping charges are set by the partner. Coffee orders are not eligible for returns or cancellations, so review the exact variant in the cart before checkout.

When the shipment arrives, retain the roaster label and record the selected format with the first brew. That detail makes recipe adjustments and reordering more reliable than relying on the product name alone.