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Guatemala Finca Concepcion

Guatemala Finca Concepcion

£11.00

Guatemala Finca Concepcion

£11.00
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Black Cherry
Old Fashioned Cocktail
Dark Chocolate

Packed full of autumn flavours, this light bodied coffee is serving dried fruit, dark chocolate, and whisky cocktails.

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Guatemala Concepcion
In 1890, don Anacleto Marroquin, a first-generation coffee producer, bought the 250 hectare Finca Esperanza, in the valley of Acatenango. Twenty years later, his daughter, Maria Natalia inherited the farm, and started planting it anew. All of the production in the following decades was transported with donkeys and mules to the town of Acatenango, a two-and-a-half-hour-long trip, to be processed in one of the few wet mills in the area. It was not until 1956 when Maria's husband, Maximiliano, built their own wet mill in the farm and started to introduce Caturra as the main varietal in the farm. In 1968 Finca La Esperanza won 2nd prize of the national competition for coffees grown above 4000 ft. In 1978, Maria Natalia and Maximiliano’s daughters Berta and Julia inherited the farm and managed it for another three decades, selling part of it in the process, before finally selling the farm to don Hector Leal in the early 2010’s. Today, formerly known as La Esperanza, Finca Concepcion is comprised of 100 hectares and the owner, putting his 65+ years of coffee work and knowledge to use, has transformed the farm with new growing methods and varietals which include H1, H3, Casiopea, Gesha, Ethiopean Dwarf, Pink Bourbon, amongst others, producing an exquisite cup of coffee. This light bodied lot is giving the citrus tang and minerality of an old fashioned cocktail, underpinned with dried black cherry, and subtle notes of dark chocolate.

Region:

Acatenango

Producer:

Maris Leal & Daniel Skineer-Klee

Farm/Milling Station:

Finca Concepcion

Processing:

Washed

Varietal (s):

Centroamericano H1

Altitude:

1,525 to 1,625 metres above sea level

Sourcing Partner:

Caribbean Goods

Roasters Notes Guatemala Finca Concepcion
Autumn has come early! This fantastic coffee is packed with seasonal flavours of dried fruit, orange zest, and the faintest whiff of whisky.
About Guatemala
Coffee took off in Guatemala in the 1850s, in the rush to find a new crop to replace the collapsing indigo trade. By 1880, it represented 90% of Guatemala’s exports, but wild growth resulted in the displacement of indigenous peoples, tipping the country into a civil war over issues related to land distribution, poverty, hunger and racism, which rumble on even now.

Today, the country ranks in the top 15 coffee producers, with Bourbon, Typical, Caturra and Catuai beans harvested between December and April.

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