How to Properly Brew Guatemala Inhet Coffee - Inhet Coffee Bean Prices

For those who want to go deeper into professional barista knowledge and bean selection, this piece is a useful reference.

About the Pacamara Variety

Pacamara won worldwide fame through the Cup of Excellence (COE) in 2004, frequently taking championships within 2-3 years. Pacamara from Guatemala's El Injerto estate set a record price of $80.2 per pound for green beans in 2008.

The variety and its name come from Maragogype (elephant bean) and Pacas: take the first 4 letters of each and you get "Pacamara." It is an excellent coffee variety developed in El Salvador, with very large beans similar to elephant beans, about 21-22 screen size. It has been an outstanding variety across Central and South America in recent years, with every country or farm hoping to find a suitable area to grow it, much as Panama treats its Geisha. Pacamara's characteristics include bright fruit acidity and a very delicate, pure sweetness.

Although Pacamara still looks quite similar to its cousin, the elephant bean, it has its own character. Since 2006, COE has cupped Pacamara from 30 estates, and some flavors truly belong 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 Pacamara estate. These are all excellent representatives of Pacamara, but they are all award-winning lots and therefore very expensive.

Brewing Method

Hand-poured Injerto: 15g of coffee, medium grind (Fuji Royal grinder with ghost-teeth burrs, setting 4), V60 dripper, water at 88-89°C. First pour 30g of water for a 27-second bloom, then pour to 105g and pause. Wait until the water level drops to half, then continue pouring slowly until reaching 225g. Discard the tail end. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Plant Characteristics

Pacamara plants are medium to tall with short internodes, large corrugated dark green leaves, and new leaves that appear green or brown. The trunk is hard and sturdy, with thick branches.

More lateral branches than Typica, similar to Pacas

The cherry has a small protrusion at the flower disc location.

The coffee beans are large and 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 above 18 screen size.

Flavor Profile

Pacamara offers full, rich, and complex flavors. Few varieties combine fruit acidity with such prominent sweetness, and it brings diverse notes of stone fruits, vanilla plants, tropical fruits, chocolate, and spice sweetness.

Manufacturer: FrontStreet Coffee
Roast Type: Single Origin
Bean Source: In-house roasted
Shelf Life: 90 days
Net Content: 100g
Packaging: Bulk
Organic: No
Bean State: Roasted beans
Sugar Content: Sugar-free
Origin: Guatemala
Roast Level: Medium roast

Coffee Details

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: Chestnut, plum, chocolate

Guatemala Pacamara - Competition Batch Pandora Fatima - Pacamara PI07

El Injerto Estate - A World-Class Coffee Farm

There are over ten thousand coffee estates worldwide, from those producing mass-market beans to those growing rare varieties. Today we introduce the renowned top-tier estate of Guatemala, El Injerto Estate.

Estate Introduction

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

El Injerto Estate (also translated as Grafting Estate) is one of Guatemala's top estates; if it claimed second place, few would dare claim first. It has won many world-class awards, which brought it to where it is today. Last year, the owner pushed the estate's status even higher. Like Panama's famous Hacienda La Esmeralda, El Injerto holds global bidding competitions, and the competition beans it offers are exceptional. Notably, the 2012 first batch, the "Mocha variety," set a world record, auctioned at the astronomical price of "$500.5/pound USD," making it a truly star-studded estate.

For this competition, El Injerto specially launched its "BEST El Injerto" series, featuring carefully selected small batches of exceptional quality and variety from within the estate. Experienced farmers hand-select ripe cherries, and cuppers then eliminate batches that don't meet standards. Under such strict screening, Pacamara from El Injerto accounts for only about 8% of total production.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Stories of rare, carefully selected varieties like Pacamara find their counterpart in Geisha. If that heritage appeals to you, these FrontStreet selections are worth exploring.

FrontStreet Boquete Geisha

An estate-level entry Geisha grown at 1600 meters. Boquete's mountain valleys are often cloaked in mist, humid by day and cool by night, and Baru Volcano brings fertile volcanic ash soil that feeds the plants rich nutrients and produces a full aroma. The cup shows Geisha's signature jasmine, green tea, honey, citrus, and orange flavors.

FrontStreet Grana Estate Geisha

Grana Estate is a rare Ethiopian estate that grows only a single variety. This Geisha comes from the Grana processing station at the border of the Kochore and Grana Abaya regions, established in 2014 and run by Mr. Israel Degefa, with coffee growing over 700 hectares, much of it uncultivated land with fertile soil and shade trees everywhere. Hand-picked, fully ripe cherries are dried on raised beds for 14-20 days depending on the weather. Roasted medium-light, it shows bright citrus acidity, elegant ginger-lily aroma, and the full sweetness of ripe fruit, with a delicate, creamy body and Geisha's signature refined finish.

FrontStreet Strawberry Candy

An accessible take on Geisha character, blending Costa Rican honey-processed coffee with Panama Geisha, so the cup carries both delicate florals and sweet fruit. It works as a pour-over as well as in a moka pot or on a coffee machine, and it makes a refreshing, cool cold brew. Made as an SOE with medium-roast Grana Geisha, single-origin espresso takes on apricot, caramel, and nut flavors.