Guatemala – Huehuetenango

The micro region of Peña Blanca is located in the sub-municipality of La Libertad, Huehuetenango. This coffee comes to us through a joint-effort of two local micro-mill owners who are perform farmer outreach on our behalf finding and delivering many, many samples to us of coffees from family members and neighbors alike all over the Huehuetenango region. This particular microlot comes from a single farmer, Flavio Martinez, whose farm is located in Peña Blanca. The coffee is a mix of Bourbon, Catuai, Caturra and Typica and is grown right around 1700 meters above sea level.

While unrefined sugars and bittersweetness are the bolded print here, this coffee shows nuanced top notes and fairly bright acidity. The smells touch on clean raw sugars, as well as an accent of red fruits, and baking spice. The aroma lets off a wonderful scent of brown sugar and apple when adding the hot water, an array of raw sugar winding their way through the steam. This coffee brews incredibly well at a wide range of roasts and offers mouthwatering sweetness and fruited accents across the roast spectrum. We’ve roasted this to a lighter medium, reaching for juicy apple accents, accompanied by creamy caramel, bittersweet intensity, and dark chocolate truffles. The coffee cools to bracing acidity that is very malic (apple/pear), and the aftertaste had a hint of spiced apple sauce.

If that sounds like you’re type of coffee and you want to try another that’s a bit more punchy, try our Kenya!