Guatemala - La Soledad: Washed, Typica

Origin

• 🇬🇹 Guatemala

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
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If you would like your coffee shipped pre-ground, please choose from our 'Select Grind' option before adding this coffee to your cart. Coffee has been grown by The Perez family at La Soledad since 1895. Over the last decade or so, under the stewardship of Raul Perez, La Soledad has started to cultivate more and more specialty coffees and milling on-site. This washedWashed processThe fruit is removed from the seed before drying, usually with fermentation and a water rinse. Tends to give clean, transparent cups where origin character shows clearly. TypicaTypicaThe oldest cultivated arabica lineage, ancestor of most Latin American coffee. Low yield, clean and sweet cup; the baseline other varieties are measured against. is a great example of the great leaps Raul has made in coffee production. This coffee has a pleasant sweetness and mellow acidityAcidityThe bright, lively, fruit-like sensation in coffee — praise, not a flaw. Citric sparkle, malic apple-crispness, tartaric wine notes; light roasts preserve more of it. that really shines when in cools down. Country : Guatamala Farm Name : La Soledad Farm Owner: Raul Pérez Elevation : 1,500 m.a.s.l. VarietyVariety (cultivar)The botanical subtype of the coffee plant — Gesha, Bourbon, SL28 — analogous to grape varieties in wine. A major driver of cup character alongside origin and process. : Typica Process : Washed