Guatemala "Huehuetenango"

Description

This fair trade organic Guatemalan coffee is grown in the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, the highest mountain range in Central America, located in a part of the Huehuetenango region that enjoys the rich volcanic soil necessary for premium organic coffee cultivation. Gently roasted to a Medium level, it is a delightfully structured coffee that is sweet and well-balanced with a lively brightness, resonant finish and distinctive notes of maple syrup, dark chocolate and raspberry.

The cooperative Coordinadora de Organizaciones de Desarrollo de Concepcion Huista (better known as CODECH) has nearly 500 members and produces some of the finest fair trade organic coffees in all of Guatemala. Varieties grown include Caturra, Bourbon, Catuai and Pache which are washed and sun-dried by the individual producers. CODECH initiated a microlot program in 2012 and each spring they hold an internal cupping competition to focus on continuous quality improvement by their members.

This year we were able to obtain a delightful microlot grown by Eulalio Méndez Simón on his family's two hectare coffee plot at an elevation of 5,000 feet.