Differences, Distinctions, and Award History of Guatemala's Finca El Injerto Pacamara Pandora and Fatima Varietals

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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 of green beans in 2008.

The variety's name and origin: It is a derivative variety of the elephant bean Maragogype and Pacas, taking the first 4 letters of Maragogype and Pacas to form Pacamara. It is an excellent coffee variety developed in El Salvador, with coffee beans that are very large, similar to elephant beans at about 21-22 screen size. It has been an outstanding coffee variety in Central and South America in recent years, with every country or farm hoping to find suitable areas for growing this variety to produce excellent coffee, similar to Panama's Geisha. The characteristics of Pacamara coffee include bright fruit acidity and very pure, delicate sweetness.

Although the Pacamara variety's appearance is still quite similar to its cousin - the elephant bean variety. Since 2006, COE has cupped Pacamara from 30 estates, with some flavors truly belonging to superstars, such as Honduras' 2006 champion Santa Martha, El Salvador's 2007 third-place Cerro Negro (Black Mountain Estate), Guatemala's regular COE champion estate El Injerto, and El Salvador's 2008 runner-up Pacamaral estate. All of these represent excellent Pacamara examples, but they are all award-winning batches, making them very expensive.

Plant Characteristics

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 branches.

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

The cherries have a small protrusion at the calyx position.

Bean Characteristics

The coffee beans are very 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, Pacamara bean sizes are almost all above 17 screen size, with over 90% being 18 screen size or larger.

Flavor Profile

Pacamara offers full, rich, and complex flavors. Few coffee varieties have both fruit acidity while maintaining noticeable sweetness, with diverse notes including drupes, vanilla plants, tropical fruits, chocolate, and spice sweetness.

Product Information

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

Coffee Details

Product: Guatemala La Libertad, Huehuetenango El Injerto Pandora de Fatima

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

Brewing Method

Hand-pour El Injerto: 15g coffee, medium grind (using Fuji's demon teeth grinder #4), V60 dripper, water temperature 88-89°C. First pour 30g water, bloom for 27 seconds. Pour to 105g and pause, wait until the bed drops to half before continuing to pour. Slowly pour until reaching 225g total, avoiding the tail end. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Guatemala Pacamara - Competition batch Pandora Fatima-Pacamara PI07

World-Class Coffee Estate - El Injerto

There are over ten thousand coffee estates worldwide, including those producing commercial coffee beans, high-quality coffee beans, and estates growing rare coffee varieties. Today, we're introducing the renowned top-tier coffee estate from Guatemala - El Injerto Estate.

Estate Introduction

El Injerto Estate is located in Guatemala's famous Huehuetenango highlands. 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 Aguirre family's efforts, El Injerto Estate has also earned Rainforest Alliance certification and has been a frequent winner 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, 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 to new heights. Like Panama's famous La Esmeralda Estate, El Injerto Estate holds global bidding competitions. Of course, the competition beans they offer are exceptional. Notably, the first batch of "Mocha variety" in 2012 set a world record, reaching an astronomical price of "$500.5/pound USD," becoming a truly deserved star estate!

For this competition, El Injerto Estate specially presented their "BEST El Injerto" series, carefully selecting small, high-quality batches and coffee varieties from within the estate. Experienced farmers meticulously select ripe coffee cherries, after which cuppers eliminate batches that don't meet quality standards. Under such strict screening criteria, Pacamara varieties from El Injerto Estate account for only about 8% of total production.

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