Guatemala Winey Natural Coffee Beans Market Analysis and Brand Recommendations

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Product Information

Manufacturer: FrontStreet Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee)
Factory Address: No. 10 Bao'an Front Street, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou
Manufacturer Contact: 020-38364473
Ingredients: In-house roasted
Shelf Life: 30 days
Net Weight: 227g
Packaging: Bulk
Taste Profile: Neutral
Coffee Bean State: Roasted beans
Contains Sugar: Sugar-free
Origin: Guatemala
Coffee Type: Other
Roast Level: Medium roast

Guatemala Plan del Guayabo Estate

Country: Guatemala
Region: New Oriente
Estate: Cardenas Estate
Grade: SHB
Processing Method: Wine Aroma Natural Process

New Oriente Region

Fertile volcanic soil, low humidity, abundant sunshine, and cool nights characterize this region. This valley is surrounded by three volcanoes: Agua, Fuego, and Acatenango. Volcanic ash from eruptions enriches the soil of the Antigua region with minerals. Volcanic pumice helps retain moisture, compensating for the low rainfall in the Antigua region. Dense tree shade protects against occasional frost damage.

Variety: Pacas
Altitude: 1675 meters
Flavor Notes: Passion fruit, strawberry cream sandwich, blueberry

Guatemala is a country with numerous volcanoes, and coffee produced in volcanic soil yields rich specialty coffee. Guatemala's average altitude is quite high, which means coffee trees grow in environments with significant day-night temperature variations. This harsh environment with large temperature differences allows coffee cherries to mature longer and more slowly on the trees, resulting in hard beans with more complete and rich flavors.

Characteristics: Rich wet aroma, excellent balance, high sweetness, elegant and refined mouthfeel.

This newly arrived coffee bean comes from Cardenas Estate, a top-tier estate located in the New Oriente region of Guatemala.

Wine Aroma Natural Flavor Profile: Pineapple, cantaloupe, dried apricot, candied lemon peel, Bordeaux wine, green tea with cinnamon spices, overall rich in sweetness with full-bodied smoky plum aroma.

Pacas Variety

Pacas is a natural mutation of Bourbon, similar to Brazil's Catuai and Costa Rica's Villa Sarchi. Like other widely cultivated Bourbon mutations, Pacas is a new variety formed by single-gene mutation, which also gives Pacas a crucial characteristic: plants can be planted more densely, ultimately resulting in higher yields per unit area.

Pacas was first discovered in 1949 by the Pacas family in the Santa Ana region of El Salvador. Fernando Alberto Pacas Figueroa noticed some plants with different morphology on their family's Finca San Rafael estate. He then began collecting seeds and conducting selection breeding, later developing about 3/4 hectare of Pacas "pioneer nursery."

By 1956, Francisco de Sola and Fernando's son, Fernando Alberto Pacas Trujillo, began researching the Pacas variety with the help of Florida professor William Cogwill. They compared San Ramon Bourbon with an "unknown" new variety, and this "unknown" variety showed completely different characteristics. The plant morphology differed from Bourbon, with shorter internodal spacing and larger fruiting areas. Finally, they named this variety "Pacas."

Guatemala is a renowned high-quality Arabica coffee-producing country in Central America. Coffee from its five volcanic regions and three non-volcanic regions is very distinctive and enjoys an excellent reputation in the international market.

New Oriente® Region

Coffee in this region has been grown entirely by small farmers since the 1950s. Today, every farmer in the mountainous area is a coffee production unit. This region was once Guatemala's most remote and poorest area but now shows vibrant vitality. With abundant rainfall and cloudy weather, New Oriente was an ancient volcanic region where soil evolved from volcanic metamorphic rocks, rich in minerals and nutritionally balanced, different from other volcanic coffee regions.

Brewing Instructions

Hand-pour Guatemala Wine Aroma Natural. Use 15g of coffee, medium grind (Fuji ghost tooth grinder #4), V60 dripper, water temperature 88-89°C. First pour 30g of water for 27 seconds bloom, then pour to 105g and stop. Wait until the water level drops to half before pouring again. Slowly pour until reaching 225g, avoiding the tail section. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Important Notice :

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Tel:020 38364473