Guatemalan coffees are some of the most amazing fragrant and aromatic coffees in the world. The natural shade and jungle of the Guatemalan highlands are the perfect environment for the bourbon botanical variety of arabica.
The highlands produce several of the world’s finest and most distinctive coffees including Antigua. Named after the austerely beautiful colonial city: Guatemala Antigua, this is a coffee that offers a complex flavour including smoke, spice, occasionally chocolate with acidity ranging from bright to powerful.
Antigua is Guatemala’s oldest and most famous coffee, grown by peasants organised into mill cooperatives producing meticulous quality. The Lake Atitlan cooperatives practice coffee production at the ultimate end of environmental correctness: organically grown in a dense, bird-friendly shade** canopy of native forest.
Antigua is one of the highest grade of Guatemala coffee classified as Strictly Hard Bean (SHB). The regionally designated coffees (Antigua, Atitlan, Cobán, etc) are tasted and approved as meeting flavor profile criteria established for these regions by ANACAFE, the Guatemalan coffee association.
The overiding aroma of Guatamalan coffee when ground is roast lamb! Even with as little as ten percent in a blend the distinctive aroma can be detected. The start to the palate is full not very complex but quickly moves into the aromatic and exceptional body of this coffee. The acidity is medium and balanced at the darker roast colours and the finish is mouth filling and it has a rich syrup-like chocolate character to it, the finish leaves the palate full, satisfied and creamy. As a drip and plunger coffee it develops a stronger acidity and a cleaner finish but the body character is not as pronounced.
It is also very well suited to blend and create an outstanding plunge/filter
coffee on its own.
ENJOY!
credits to Scott Bennett , HA Bennett
"Shade-grown" coffee is a method by which coffee is grown. It can apply to commercial or specialty coffee, but is found more frequently in specialty coffee production. Shade grown coffee is grown under a canopy of shade trees, which provide habitat for birds and other species, enrich and conserve soil, and in many cases decrease the need for chemical inputs. Shade-grown coffee thereby contributes to protection of natural habitats and tropical forest conservation in countries where coffee is produced.
The highlands produce several of the world’s finest and most distinctive coffees including Antigua. Named after the austerely beautiful colonial city: Guatemala Antigua, this is a coffee that offers a complex flavour including smoke, spice, occasionally chocolate with acidity ranging from bright to powerful.
Antigua is Guatemala’s oldest and most famous coffee, grown by peasants organised into mill cooperatives producing meticulous quality. The Lake Atitlan cooperatives practice coffee production at the ultimate end of environmental correctness: organically grown in a dense, bird-friendly shade** canopy of native forest.
Antigua is one of the highest grade of Guatemala coffee classified as Strictly Hard Bean (SHB). The regionally designated coffees (Antigua, Atitlan, Cobán, etc) are tasted and approved as meeting flavor profile criteria established for these regions by ANACAFE, the Guatemalan coffee association.
The overiding aroma of Guatamalan coffee when ground is roast lamb! Even with as little as ten percent in a blend the distinctive aroma can be detected. The start to the palate is full not very complex but quickly moves into the aromatic and exceptional body of this coffee. The acidity is medium and balanced at the darker roast colours and the finish is mouth filling and it has a rich syrup-like chocolate character to it, the finish leaves the palate full, satisfied and creamy. As a drip and plunger coffee it develops a stronger acidity and a cleaner finish but the body character is not as pronounced.
It is also very well suited to blend and create an outstanding plunge/filter
coffee on its own.
ENJOY!
credits to Scott Bennett , HA Bennett
"Shade-grown" coffee is a method by which coffee is grown. It can apply to commercial or specialty coffee, but is found more frequently in specialty coffee production. Shade grown coffee is grown under a canopy of shade trees, which provide habitat for birds and other species, enrich and conserve soil, and in many cases decrease the need for chemical inputs. Shade-grown coffee thereby contributes to protection of natural habitats and tropical forest conservation in countries where coffee is produced.
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