Los Santos, Guatemala

Origin

• 🇬🇹 Guatemala

Tasting notes

Character

• Bold
• Sweet
• Comforting

This coffee is grown predominantly by indigenous Kaqchikel producers, who grow the traditional 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., Bourbón, using techniques and traditions passed down from one generation to the next. In this region, most farmers do not have the infrastructure to process their coffee from fruit down to parchment covered bean. Instead, they usually rely on a system of intermediary buyers called “coyotes” who will purchase coffee cherry from the farm and then re-sell it to a mill for a profit. This coffee is bright and sweet, with notes of dark chocolate, whipped cream, and fruit punch. This offering comes from the smallholderSmallholderA farmer growing coffee on a small family plot — often under two hectares. Most of the world's coffee is grown this way, typically pooled at cooperatives or washing stations. producers of San José Poaquil, a town about 35 miles to the northwest of Antigua.