Guatemala El Injerto Estate Pacamara Pandora Fatima: Grading, Pricing, Green Beans and Roasting

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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 de Fatima EI07

Flavor: Chestnut, Plum, Chocolate

Hand-pour El Injerto. 15g coffee grounds, medium grind (Fuji Royal hand grinder with ghost teeth burr setting 4), V60 dripper, water temperature 88-89°C. First pour with 30g water for 27-second bloom, then pour to 105g and pause. Wait until the water level drops halfway, then slowly pour until reaching 225g total. Discard the tail section. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Guatemala Pacamara - Competition Batch Pandora de Fatima - Pacamara PI07

The World's Coffee Estate - El Injerto

There are over 10,000 coffee estates worldwide, including those that produce commercial coffee beans, high-quality coffee bean estates, and estates that grow rare coffee varieties. Today, I'd like to 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 of Guatemala. The Aguirre family has been growing coffee here 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 received Rainforest Alliance certification and has been a frequent champion in many international coffee competitions since 2002.

El Injerto Estate (also translated as "Grafted Estate") is one of the top estates in Guatemala. If it claims to be second, no one would dare to claim first! It has won many world-class competition awards, leading to its current achievements. Last year, the estate owner further elevated the estate's status. Like Panama's famous Hacienda La Esmeralda, El Injerto Estate holds global bidding events. 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 astronomical price of "$500.5 per pound," becoming a truly deserving star estate!

For this competition, El Injerto Estate specially launched the "BEST El Injerto" series, carefully selecting small batches and coffee varieties of exceptional quality from within the estate. Experienced farmers meticulously select ripe coffee cherries, and cuppers then 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

Pacamara gained worldwide fame through the Cup of Excellence (COE) in 2004, frequently winning championships within 2-3 years. The Pacamara produced by Guatemala's El Injerto Estate set a record price of $80.2 per pound for green beans in 2008. The origin of its variety and name: it is a hybrid of Maragogype (Elephant Bean) and Pacas, taking the first 4 letters of Maragogype and Pacas to form "Pacamara." It is an excellent coffee variety developed in El Salvador. The coffee beans are very large, similar to Elephant Beans, about 21-22 screen size. It has been an outstanding coffee variety in Central and South America in recent years. Every country or farm hopes to find suitable regions for growing this variety to produce excellent coffee, similar to Panama's Geisha. The characteristics of Pacamara coffee include bright fruit acidity and exceptionally pure, delicate sweetness. Although the Pacamara variety's appearance is quite similar to its cousin - the Elephant Bean variety.

Since 2006, COE has cupped Pacamara from 30 estates. Some have truly superstar-level flavors, 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. These are all excellent representatives of Pacamara, but they are all award-winning batches, making them very expensive.

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

It has more lateral branches than Typica, similar to Pacas.

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

The 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 beans.

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

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

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

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