Guatemala Wine-Flavored Natural Coffee Brands and Brewing Steps

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New Oriente®

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

Brewing Instructions

Guatemala Wine-Scented Natural Process by Pour-Over: 15g coffee, medium grind (using Fuji's ghost tooth grinder #4), V60 dripper, water temperature 88-89°C. First pour 30g water for 27-second bloom, then pour to 105g and pause. Wait until the water level drops halfway, then continue slow pouring until 225g total. Discard the final tail section. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Product Information

Manufacturer: FrontStreet Coffee
Address: No. 10 Bao'an Qianjie, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou
Contact: 020-38364473
Ingredients: In-house roasted
Shelf life: 30 days
Net weight: 227g
Packaging: Bulk
Taste profile: Balanced
Coffee bean state: Roasted beans
Sugar content: Sugar-free
Origin: Guatemala
Coffee type: Other
Roast level: Medium roast

Coffee Details

Guatemala Plan del Guayabo Estate

Country: Guatemala
Region: New Oriente
Estate: Cadilas Estate
Grade: SHB
Processing: Wine-scented natural process

New Oriente Region

The fertile volcanic soil, low humidity, abundant sunshine, and cool nights are characteristic features of this region. This valley is surrounded by three volcanoes: Agua, Fuego, and Acatenango. Volcanic ash from eruptions has enriched the soil in the Antigua region with minerals. Volcanic pumice helps retain moisture, overcoming the disadvantage of low rainfall in the Antigua region. Dense shade trees protect against occasional frost damage.

Variety: Pacas
Altitude: 1675 meters
Flavor notes: Passion fruit, strawberry sandwich cookies, blueberry

Guatemala has numerous volcanoes, and coffee produced from volcanic soil yields rich specialty coffees. Guatemala's average altitude is quite high, which means the 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, good balance, high sweetness, elegant and clean mouthfeel.

This newly arrived coffee comes from the premier estate in Guatemala's New Oriente region - Cadilas Estate.

Wine-Scented Natural Process Flavor Profile

Pineapple, muskmelon, dried apricot, candied lemon peel, Bordeaux wine, green tea with cinnamon spice, overall filled with rich sweetness and full-bodied smoky plum aroma.

Pacas Variety

Pacas is a natural mutation of Bourbon, similar to Brazil's Catuaí and Costa Rica's Villa Sarchi. Like other widely cultivated Bourbon mutations, Pacas is a new variety formed by single-gene mutation, which gives it 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 found some plants with different morphology on their family's Finca San Rafael estate, and he began collecting seeds and selecting them. Later, he developed 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 Professor William Cogwill in Florida. They compared San Ramón Bourbon with an "unknown" new variety. This "unknown" variety showed completely different characteristics and plant morphology 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. The coffees from its five volcanic regions and three non-volcanic regions are all very distinctive and enjoy a high reputation in the international market.

Important Notice :

前街咖啡 FrontStreet Coffee has moved to new addredd:

FrontStreet Coffee Address: 315,Donghua East Road,GuangZhou

Tel:020 38364473