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Pour-over El Injerto. 15g of coffee grounds, medium grind (Fuji ghost tooth grinder #4), V60 dripper, water temperature 88-89°C. First pour 30g of water, let bloom for 27 seconds. Pour to 105g and pause, wait until the water level drops to half, then slowly pour until reaching 225g. Discard the tail end. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Guatemala Pacamara - Competition Batch - Pandora - Fatima Pacamara PI07

The World's Coffee Estate - El Injerto

There are over ten thousand coffee estates worldwide, including those that produce mass-market coffee beans, high-quality coffee bean estates, and estates that grow rare coffee varieties. Today, let me introduce you to the renowned top-tier coffee estate from Guatemala - El Injerto Estate.

Estate Introduction

El Injerto Estate is located in the famous Huehuetenango highlands region of Guatemala. The Aguirre family has been growing coffee there since 1900. The estate name "Injerto" comes from a local fruit name. El Injerto Estate places special emphasis on ecological protection and organic cultivation techniques, implementing strict quality control to ensure the quality of green coffee beans. Through the efforts of the Aguirre family, El Injerto Estate has earned Rainforest Alliance certification and has been a frequent champion in many international coffee competitions since 2002.

El Injerto Estate (also translated as Grafting Estate) is among the top estates in Guatemala. If it claims to be second, probably no one would dare to claim first! It has won many world-class competition awards, leading to today's achievements. Last year, the estate owner further elevated their estate's status. Like Panama's famous Esmeralda Estate, El Injerto Estate holds global bidding competitions. Of course, the competition beans they offer are exceptionally impressive. Notably, the first batch of "Mocha variety" in 2012 set a world record, sold at the sky-high price of "$500.5 per pound," becoming a truly star estate!

For this competition, El Injerto Estate specially launched the "BEST El Injerto" series, selecting small batches of excellent quality and coffee varieties from within the estate. Experienced farmers carefully select ripe coffee cherries, which are then cupped by professional tasters to eliminate batches that don't meet quality standards. Under such strict selection criteria, Pacamara varieties from El Injerto Estate account for only about 8% of total production.

About the Pacamara Variety

In 2004, Pacamara gained worldwide fame through the Cup of Excellence (COE), frequently winning championships within 2-3 years. Pacamara produced by Guatemala's El Injerto Estate set a record price of $80.2 per pound of green beans in 2008.

The variety and name's origin: It's a hybrid derived from the giant bean Maragogype and Pacas varieties, taking the first 4 letters from Maragogype and Pacas to form "Pacamara." It's an excellent coffee variety developed in El Salvador. The coffee beans are very large, similar to Maragogype, about 21-22 screen size. It has been an outstanding coffee variety in Central and South America for the past two years. Every country or farm hopes to find suitable regions for growing this variety to produce excellent coffee, similar to Panama's Geisha. Pacamara coffee characteristics include bright fruit acidity and very delicate, pure sweetness.

Although Pacamara's appearance is quite similar to its cousin - the Maragogype variety. Since 2006, COE has cupped Pacamara from 30 estates, with some flavors truly being superstars, such as Honduras's 2006 champion Santa Martha, El Salvador's 2007 third-place Cerro Negro (Black Mountain Estate), Guatemala's regular COE champion El Injerto, and El Salvador's 2008 runner-up Pacamal Estate. Looking at the record, these are all excellent Pacamara representatives, but they are all award-winning batches, making them very expensive.

Pacamara plants are medium to tall height with short internodal spacing, large, corrugated, dark green leaves, with new leaves appearing green or brown. The trunk is hard and sturdy, with thick, wide branches.

More lateral branches than Typica, similar to Pacas.

The cherries have a small protrusion at the flower disc position.

Coffee beans are large, oval-shaped, approximately 1.03 cm in length, 0.71 cm in width, and 0.37 cm in thickness.

Depending on altitude, Pacamara beans are about 70% the size of Maragogype.

Overall, almost all Pacamara beans are above 17 screen size, with over 90% being 18 screen size or larger.

Pacamara offers full, rich, and complex flavors. Few coffee varieties possess both fruit acidity while maintaining distinct sweetness, with diverse notes of drupe fruits, vanilla plants, tropical fruits, chocolate, and spice sweetness.

Manufacturer: Coffee Workshop Address: No. 10 Bao'an Front Street, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou Manufacturer Contact: 020-38364473 Shelf Life: 90 days Net Weight: 100g Packaging: Bulk Organic Food: No Coffee Bean State: Roasted beans Contains Sugar: Sugar-free Origin: Guatemala Roast Level: Medium roast

Guatemala La Libertad, Huehuetenango El Injerto Pandora de Fatima

Country: Guatemala Grade: SHB Estate: El Injerto Estate Roast Level: Medium roast Processing Method: Washed Variety: Pacamara Batch: Competition batch Pandora Fatima EI07 Flavor Notes: Chestnut, plum, chocolate

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