Hacienda Carmona, Guatemala

Origin

• 🇬🇹 Guatemala· Antigua

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
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In Antigua, Guatemala, on the farm of coffee matriarch Maria Zelaya, Beneficio Bella Vista grows Bourbón and Typíca trees on the 110-hectare farm, Hacienda Carmona, at elevations between 1580 and 1890 meters above sea level. Bella Vista upholds Maria’s fierce dedication to producing quality coffee, and maintains her beautiful beneficio. Hacienda Carmona is processed in the traditional 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. manner: the skin of the coffee cherry is depulped before subjecting it to a 24-hour fermentation process to break down any remaining sugars on the seed, and finally, the coffee is sun-driedNatural 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. on patios. A matriarch dedicated to producing quality coffee.