Posts Tagged ‘Guatemala’
30th 2012
Buena Esperanza (Gustavo Alfaro, Producer)
Assam tea, Strawberry, Cane Sugar, Rhubarb
Mundo Nuevo.
29th 2011
Buy a Bag of Beans & Support Grounds for Health
From November 1st through November 30th, we will be donating $1 to Grounds for Health for every bag of Aragón, Guatemala beans we sell.
Please help us support this worthwhile cause. You can find bags of fresh-roasted beans at all of our locations or you can order through our online store.
About the coffee:
This selection comes from Alejandro Zelaya Andrade’s farm Aragon located in Antigua, Guatemala. Cultivating both Bourbon and Caturra varietals, Alejandro Zelaya Andrade brings the ripe coffee cherries to his cousin Louis Pedro Zelaya’s Beneficio – Bella Vista, where the coffee is pulped and fermented employing the washed process. Careful attention is paid to cleanliness, separation of lots and drying times on the patio. After resting in parchment for three to four weeks, the coffee is then milled and carefully packaged in grainpro liners ready for it’s voyage to our roastery. The Zelaya’s teamwork helps insure that the quality of this beautiful coffee is maintained during its processing and journey.
Tasting notes: Candied apple, plum, caramel, tangerine.
About Grounds for Health:
• Grounds for Health is a non-profit organization that focuses on women’s health issues in coffee-growing communities.
• Specifically: Grounds for Health works with communities to establish sustainable cervical cancer prevention, screening and treatment programs.
• Cervical cancer is the #1 cause of cancer death among women in developing countries, even though it is preventable with early detection.
• Grounds for Health currently has programs in Latin America (Mexico and Nicaragua) and Tanzania.
17th 2011
Aragón
Green apple candy, plum, caramel, tangerine.
Our latest coffee comes from Alejandro Zelaya Andrade’s farm Aragon located in Antigua, Guatemala. Cultivating both Bourbon and Caturra varieties, he then brings the ripe coffee cherries to his cousin Louis Pedro Zelaya’s Beneficio – Bella Vista. At Bella Vista, the coffee is pulped and fermented employing the washed process. Careful attention is paid to cleanliness, separation of lots, and drying times on the patio. After resting in parchment for three to four weeks, the coffee is then milled and carefully packaged in grainpro liners ready for it’s voyage to our roastery. The Zelaya’s teamwork helps insure that the quality of this beautiful coffee isn’t compromised during its processing and journey.
18th 2011
El Limonar
Sweet malted milk chocolate, cotton candy, key lime & kiwi.
El Limonar is located close to the Mexican border in the mountainous region of Huehuetenango. This farm was originally part of the renowned Finca El Injerto which was divided between the two Aguirre brothers who had inherited the estate. El Limonar is now owned and managed by Rogelio Aguirre’s widow, Rosa María Ovalle Mont. She is focused on quality and sustainability for this 123 hectare farm.
Native shade trees have been planted in the higher areas of the farm to give the coffee around 60% shade. There is an on-site wet mill where treatment tanks are used to purify and recycle the waste water. Left over coffee pulp is then recycled as a fertilizer.
Bourbon, Caturra and Catuai varietals. Fully-washed. Shipped in GrainPro.
20th 2010
Guest Espresso – Xeucalvitz
Read more about it on Coffee Review here.
23rd 2010
San Pedro La Laguna
Ripe berry aroma. Flavors of star fruit, watermelon and caramelized sugar.
On the volcanic slopes of Lake Atitlán, this coffee is washed and sun dried employing the traditional method. Grown at 1600 meters above sea level these bourbon, caturra, and catuai varietals benefit greatly from the magma collapse that occurred there 80,000 years ago and formed Lake Atitlán. The soil left by this collapse is nutrient rich and highly fertile, ripe for growing coffee.
