Coffee plant varietals grown in Guatemala are predominantly Typical, Bourbon, Catuai, Caturra, and Pache. All of these produce slightly different flavors of coffee beans, and the coffee cherries can be dried and sold as cascara, boosting sales for farmers.

What is meant by single-origin Guatemalan Coffee?

Simply put, a single-origin coffee means that it comes from a single producer, crop, or region in one country. … Coffees that aren’t single-origin are typically referred to as blends, which include more than one single-origin coffee.

Arabica Guatemalan Coffee varieties offered by Ethical Fashion Guatemala Growers:

 

Coffee Details:

Our washed Caturra is a great example of what Guatemala coffee should be.

This coffee finished 7th in the 2018 Regional Competition cupping at 83.00 points and 8th in 2019 with a cupping score of 84.50.

It has a nice juicy body with some grapefruit and caramel flavor. This is one of those coffees where you can easily drink more than just one cup in a sitting.

Harvest 2018-2019 Elevation: 1,400 – 1,600 MASL

Process: Fully Washed, Patio Dried

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Coffee Details:

Our washed Maragogype is an exotic variety of coffee that has a huge bean! Almost two to three times the size of a caturra!

This coffee finished 6th place in the 2019 Regional Competition cupping at 85.00 points.

Harvest 2018-2019 Elevation: 1,100 – 1,200 MASLProcess:

Fully Washed, Patio Dried

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Coffee Details:

Our washed Geisha is a VERY floral coffee with a citric finish – you’ll feel like you’re putting a coffee flower in your mouth combined with a little bit of orange peel. It has a tea-like body which makes it very easygoing.

Harvest 2018-2019

Elevation: 1,200 – 1,300 MASL

Process: Full Washed, Patio Dried

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Shade-grown coffee is a form of beverage produced from coffee plants grown under a canopy of trees.

A canopy of assorted types is shade trees planted to cultivate shade-grown coffee. Because it incorporates principles of natural ecology to promote natural ecological relationships, shade-grown coffee is considered an offshoot of agricultural permaculture or agroforestry.

The resulting coffee is sold as “shade-grown”.

Coffee (especially Coffea arabica) is a small tree or shrub that grows in the forest understory in its wild form and is traditionally grown commercially under other trees that provided shade. Since the mid-1970s.

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