Differences, Distinctions, and Awards of Guatemala New Oriental Catillas Wine-Aroma Natural Pacas

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Product Information

Manufacturer: FrontStreet Coffee
Address: No. 10, Bao'an Front Street, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou
Contact: 020-38364473
Ingredients: Home-roasted
Shelf Life: 30 days
Net Weight: 227g
Packaging: Bulk
Flavor Profile: Balanced
Bean State: Roasted Coffee Beans
Sugar Content: Sugar-free
Origin: Guatemala
Coffee Type: Specialty
Roast Level: Medium Roast

Guatemala Plan del Guayabo Estate

Country: Guatemala

Region: New Oriente

Estate: Cardenas Estate

Grade: SHB

Processing Method: Winey Natural Process

New Oriente Region

Fertile volcanic soil, low humidity, abundant sunshine, and cool nights characterize this region. This valley is surrounded by three volcanoes: Agua, Fuego, and Acatenango. Volcanic ash from eruptions enriches the soil with minerals in the Antigua region. Volcanic pumice retains moisture, overcoming the drawback of low rainfall in the Antigua region; dense tree shade prevents occasional frost damage.

Variety: Pacas

Altitude: 1675 meters

Flavor Notes: Passion fruit, strawberry sandwich cookies, blueberry

Guatemala is a country with numerous volcanoes, and coffee grown in volcanic soil produces rich, flavorful specialty coffee. Guatemala's average altitude is quite high, which means coffee trees grow in environments with significant temperature variations between day and night. These harsh conditions with large day-night temperature differences allow coffee cherries to mature longer and more slowly on the coffee trees, resulting in hard beans with more complete and rich flavors.

Characteristics: Rich wet aroma, good balance, high sweetness, elegant and smooth mouthfeel.

This newly arrived coffee comes from the Cardenas Estate, a premium estate located in the New Oriente region of Guatemala.

Winey Natural Flavor Profile: Pineapple, muskmelon, dried apricots, candied lemon peel, Bordeaux wine, green tea with cinnamon spices, overall rich in sweetness with full-bodied aroma of smoked plums.

Pacas Variety

Pacas is a natural mutation of Bourbon, similar to Catuora from Brazil and Villa Sarchi from Costa Rica. Like other widely cultivated Bourbon mutations, Pacas is a new variety formed by a single gene mutation, which gives Pacas a crucial characteristic: plants can be planted more densely, ultimately resulting in higher unit yields.

Pacas was first discovered in 1949 by the Pacas family in the Santa Ana region of El Salvador. Fernando Alberto Pacas Figueroa noticed some plants with different morphology on their family's Finca San Rafael estate, after which he began collecting seeds and selective breeding, later developing about 3/4 hectare of Pacas "pioneer nursery."

By 1956, Francisco de Sola and Fernando's son, Fernando Alberto Pacas Trujillo, with the help of Florida professor William Cogwill, began researching the Pacas variety. They compared San Ramon Bourbon with an "unknown" new variety, and this "unknown" variety showed completely different characteristics, with plant morphology different from Bourbon, having shorter internodal spacing and larger fruiting areas. Finally, they named this variety "Pacas."

Guatemala is a renowned high-quality Arabica coffee-producing country in Central America. Coffee from its five volcanic regions and three non-volcanic regions is very distinctive and enjoys an excellent reputation in the international market.

Brewing Recommendations

Hand-pour Guatemala Winey Natural Process: 15g of coffee, medium grind (Fuji R4 grinder), V60 dripper, water temperature 88-89°C. First pour with 30g water for 27 seconds bloom, then pour to 105g and pause. Wait until the water level drops to half, then slowly pour until reaching 225g. Avoid the tail section. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

New Oriente Region

Coffee in this region has been grown entirely by small farmers since the 1950s, and today every farmer in the mountainous area is a coffee production unit. This region was once Guatemala's most remote and poorest area but now shows vibrant vitality. Rainy and cloudy, New Oriente was an ancient volcanic region where soil evolved from volcanic metamorphic rocks, rich in minerals and nutritionally balanced, different from other volcanic coffee regions.

Important Notice :

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