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Guatemala Finca Santa Clara

Guatemala Finca Santa Clara

£15.00

Guatemala Finca Santa Clara

£15.00
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A zesty, sparkling Guatemalan grown by the Zeleya family in the Antigua Valley.

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Guatemala Finca Santa Clara
Nestled in the Antigua valley, Finca Santa Clara is located on the fertile southern slopes of the Volcán de Agua, 1,600 to 1,830 metres above sea level. Ricardo Zelaya has managed the farm since 1989 and is the 4th generation of the Zelaya family to have produced coffee at Santa Clara. The Zelaya family is passionately committed to both quality and sustainability. The farm is scrupulously well managed, from the careful selection of varietals planted, to the close supervision of the dry and wet mills. The coffee is shade grown, which protects the plants from direct sunlight, maintains soil health, and provides an important habitat for birds and insect life. The cherries are picked and sorted by hand by employees who can receive more than double the minimum daily wage. Once delivered to the wet mill, cherries are floated to remove lower quality cherries, and are then pulped via machine and fermented in a tank of water for 12 to 14 hours to break down the mucilage. Once the fermentation step is complete, the coffee is rushed through canals to remove any remaining mucilage or foreign matter before being evenly dispersed on patios or in greenhouses to dry in the sun for 12 to 25 days. As soon as the ideal moisture content is reached, the coffee is hulled and prepared for export.

Region:

Sacatepéquez

Producer:

Ricardo Zelaya and family

Farm/Milling Station:

Finca Santa Clara

Processing:

Washed

Varietal (s):

Caturra

Altitude:

1,550 to 1,890 metres above sea level

Sourcing Partner:

Mercanta

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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