La Soledad, Washed Caturra and Catuaí, Guatemala

Origin

• 🇬🇹 Guatemala· Acatenango

Tasting notes

Character

• Bright
  30
• Clean
  20
• Funky
  20

About the Coffee Flavour description: T he coffee has a chocolate -like aroma. This is a t ransparent yet round coffee, with a crispness of pink apple . The coffee has flavour notes of dried cherry and roasted cacao nibs with a lingering aftertaste of apple Colour: Light Red Category: Comfortable Producer: Raul Pérez Location: Acatenango in the Chimaltenango department Farm Name: La Soledad Varietal: CaturraCaturraA natural dwarf mutation of Bourbon found in Brazil: compact plants, easier picking, bright and clean cup. A workhorse across Latin America. and Cataí Elevation: 1,500 m.a.s.l. Processing: 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. Price transparency: The FOB price paid for this coffee was 3,94$/lb We love the taste profile of the washed, crisp coffees from La Soledad. Raul Pérez, as well as his brother and parents, are so talented on transforming the flavours from the cherries to the cuppingCuppingThe standardized tasting ritual — coarse grounds steeped in hot water, crust broken, slurped from a spoon — used to score and compare coffees. table. At La Soledad, Caturra and CatuaíCatuaíA Brazilian cross of Mundo Novo and Caturra: short, productive, storm-resistant. Sweet, mild, dependable — everywhere in Brazil and Central America., is growing next to each other and are naturally mixed as it is picked. So as we are not doing any blends at Drop Coffee, this is proabaly the closest you get to one; naturally two vairetals in the production at La Soledad. About La Soledad Located in the Acatenango Region of Guatemala, this unique micro climate is nestled between two volcanoes. The closest one to Feuego regularly deposits a bit or fertiliser (read as ash) on the the soil and planted and when me and Steve stopped there you can see it bubbling away at night with an orange glow. Owned by the Perez family; Henio, Mercedes and two sons Raul and Jose, this special farm is always over subscribed with some of the worlds greatest coffee roasters, but also many who are buying bigger volumes than we do at Drop Coffee. But because of the long term relationship between us and Raul, we are never forgotten and are always one of the lucky few to be able to buy this coffee. The Perez family have been farming the land for the last 120 years and have no plans going anywhere soon. The farm its self is 222 acres of which half is naturalNatural processThe whole cherry is dried with the fruit still on the seed. Gives heavier body and big fruit flavors — think berries and wine — sometimes with a fermenty edge. forest and the other half coffee production. The attention to detail in the farm management and processing is second to none,