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Published: 2026-01-27 Author: FrontStreet Coffee

Last Updated: 2026/01/27, Professional barista communication, please follow Coffee House (WeChat official account: cafe_style) Pacamara plants are medium to tall in height, 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. More lateral branches than Typica, similar to Pacas. The fresh fruit has a small protrusion at the flower disc position. Coffee beans

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Pacamara plants are medium to tall in height with short internodal spacing. They have large, corrugated, dark green leaves, with new leaves appearing in green or brown colors. The trunk is hard and sturdy, with thick, strong branches.

They have more lateral branches than Typica and are similar to Pacas.

The fresh cherries have a small protrusion at the calyx disk position.

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 Maragogipe beans.

Overall, almost all Pacamara beans are above 17 screen size, with over 90% exceeding 18 screen size.

Pacamara offers full, rich, and complex flavors. Few coffee varieties combine both fruit acidity and pronounced sweetness, while showcasing diverse notes including drupes, vanilla plants, tropical fruits, chocolate, and sweet spices.

Guatemala La Libertad, Huehuetenango El Injerto Pandora de Fatima

Coffee Information

Country: Guatemala

Grade: SHB

Estate: El Injerto

Roast Level: Medium roast

Processing Method: Washed

Variety: Pacamara

Batch: Competition batch Pandora de Fatima EI07

Flavor: Chestnut, plum, chocolate

Guatemala Pacamara Competition Batch Pandora de Fatima - Pacamara PI07

El Injerto: A World-Class Coffee Estate

There are over ten thousand coffee estates worldwide, ranging from those producing commercial coffee beans to high-quality specialty estates and those cultivating rare coffee varieties. Today, we'd like to introduce El Injerto, a renowned premier coffee estate from Guatemala that has earned international acclaim.

Estate Introduction

El Injerto Estate is located in the famous Huehuetenango highlands of 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 ecological protection and organic cultivation techniques, implementing strict quality control to ensure the quality of their green coffee beans. Through the Aguirre family's efforts, El Injerto Estate has earned Rainforest Alliance certification and has been a consistent winner in numerous international coffee competitions since 2002.

El Injerto Estate (also translated as Graft Estate) is among 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 current achievements. Last year, the estate owner further elevated their estate's status, similar to Panama's famous Hacienda La Esmeralda. El Injerto Estate hosts global auction competitions, and of course, the auction lots they release are exceptionally impressive. Notably, the first batch of "Mocha variety" in 2012 set a world record, reaching an astronomical price of "$500.5 per pound," making it a truly star estate!

For this auction, El Injerto Estate specially launched their "BEST of El Injerto" series, featuring carefully selected small batches and coffee varieties of exceptional quality from within the estate. Experienced farmers meticulously 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.

About the Pacamara Variety

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

Origin of the Variety and Name: It is a hybrid derived from the elephant bean Maragogype and Pacas. The name "Pacamara" combines the first four letters of Maragogype and Pacas. It is an excellent coffee variety developed in El Salvador. The coffee beans are very large, similar to elephant beans at approximately 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 regions for cultivating this variety to produce excellent coffee, similar to how Panama treats Geisha. The characteristics of Pacamara coffee include bright fruit acidity and exceptionally 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 belonging to the superstar category, such as Honduras' 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 Pacamal estate. All of these represent exceptional Pacamara examples, but they are all award-winning batches, making them very expensive.

Brewing Instructions

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