Characteristics of Guatemala El Injerto Beans and How to Drink Guatemala El Injerto Coffee

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Guatemala La Libertad, Huehuetenango El Injerto Pandora de Fatima

Country: Guatemala

Grade: SHB

Estate: El Injerto

Roast Level: Medium Roast

Processing Method: Washed

Variety: Pacamara

Batch: Competition Batch Pandora de Fatima EI07

Flavor Notes: Chestnut, Plum, Chocolate

Guatemala Pacamara - Competition Batch Pandora de Fatima - Pacamara PI07

A World-Class Coffee Estate - El Injerto

There are over ten thousand coffee estates worldwide, ranging from those producing commercial coffee beans to high-quality coffee estates and even those cultivating rare coffee varieties. Today, I'd like to introduce you to the renowned top-tier coffee estate from Guatemala - El Injerto.

Estate Introduction

El Injerto Estate is located on the famous Huehuetenango highlands in Guatemala. The Aguirre family has been cultivating coffee there since 1900. The estate name "Injerto" comes from a local fruit name. El Injerto Estate places special emphasis on environmental 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 also 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 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 its achievements today. Last year, the estate owner further elevated their estate's status. Like Panama's famous Hacienda La Esmeralda, El Injerto Estate (Grafting Estate) holds global bidding events. Of course, the competition beans they offer are exceptionally remarkable. Notably, the first batch of "Mocha variety" in 2012 set a world record, reaching an 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, featuring carefully selected small batches and coffee varieties of exceptional quality from within the estate. Experienced farmers hand-pick ripe coffee cherries, after which cuppers 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.

Hand-pour El Injerto. 15g of coffee, medium grind (using Fujiyama ghost tooth grinder #4), V60 dripper, water temperature 88-89°C. First pour 30g of water, bloom for 27 seconds. Pour to 105g and stop. Wait until the water level drops to half, then continue pouring slowly until reaching 225g. Avoid the tail section. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

About the Pacamara Variety

Pacamara gained worldwide fame through the Cup of Excellence (COE) in 2004, frequently winning championships within 2-3 years. 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 the variety and its name comes from Maragogype (Elephant Bean) and Pacas derivatives, taking the first 4 letters of Maragogype and Pacas to form Pacamara. It's 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 areas for growing this variety to produce excellent coffee, like Panama's Geisha. The characteristics of Pacamara coffee include bright fruit acidity and very pure, delicate sweetness. Although Pacamara's appearance is quite similar to its cousin - the Elephant Bean 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 Pacamaral Estate. Historically, these are all excellent Pacamara representatives, but they are all award-winning batches, making them very expensive.

Pacamara plants are medium to tall with short internodes, 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 cherry has 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, 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 have both fruit acidity and noticeable sweetness, with diverse changes including stone fruits, herbal vanilla, tropical fruits, chocolate, and spiced sweetness.

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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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