Catalan 'Natural' – Guatemala

Origin

• 🇬🇹 Guatemala

Tasting notes

A wild and fruity outlier, "Cat Nat" bursts with syrupy candy sweetness and sits heavily on the palate. While most Catalan coffees are revered for their balanced 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. and honeyHoney processThe skin is removed but some sticky fruit mucilage is left on during drying. Lands between washed and natural: more sweetness and body than washed, cleaner than natural. lots, their naturals are exceptionally sweet and notably less common from the region. Like everything from Catalan, the lots keep improving, and this expressive 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. is no exception.