GUATEMALA EL BOQUERÓN

AVAILABLE 250G WHOLE BEAN, FILTER, CAFETIERE. 1KG WHOLE BEANS

This coffee represents various smallholder farmers, each of whom owns an average of 2 hectares within the Oriente region, specifically the municipalities of Jalapa, Jutiapa, Santa Rosa, Zacapa, and Chiquimula. The farms are made of predominantly clay soil and sit nearby the Ayarza Lake. 

Coffees are picked ripe and dried on patios for 20–23 days for this Natural lot, 

What makes Guatemalan coffees so unique is its high altitudes, diverse microclimates, consistent rainfall patterns, and excellent cultivation and processing, hence producing a variety of distinctive types of Guatemalan Arabica coffees. 

New Oriente is one of the oldest coffee growing regions in Guatemala. The region is in eastern Guatemala along the border with Honduras. In the 1980s, responding to the increasing demand for specialty coffee, the region took off. 

These days virtually every mountain back yard is a coffee farm. Located over what was once a volcanic range, its soil is made from metamorphic rock. This makes it balanced in minerals and very different from Guatemala’s volcanic regions, which have all seen volcanic activity since coffee was first planted. 

The climate, clay and metamorphic volcanic soils result in high quality coffee with a distinct acidity and good body. Nuevo Oriente coffee grows at elevations from 4,300 feet to 5,500 feet above sea level where the rainfall averages about 1,900 mm each year and temperatures range from 18 to 25 degrees Celsius (64 to 77 degrees Fahrenheit). 

TASTE NOTES

A FANTASTIC, VERY SWEET COFFEE WITH MANGO, PINEAPPLE AND PLUM FLAVOURS. 

	REGION: SANTA ROSA, ORIENTE
	VARIETAL: BOURBON, CATURRA, CATUAI, PACHE
	ALTITUDE: 1600-1800 MASL
	PROCESS: NATURAL
	IMPORTER: CAFE IMPORTS