Guatemala – La Democracia, Washed Espresso
Sweet, butterscotch and red currant. Rich, creamy body with a lingering mouthfeel.
- Organic
- Grown Under
Shade - Selective
Hand Picking - Glyphosate
Free
Heralding new-crop Guatemalans for the 2024 crop, this delicious coffee hails from La Democracia, a community of 12 Organic smallholder farmers in north-western Huehuetenango.
We have worked with this community for over five years now, and is firmly established as one of our favourite micro-regions in Guatemala. Huehuetenango has long been known as an area well suited to coffee cultivation and for us the La Democracia community produces a particularly sweet, rich and creamy profile – perfectly suited for espresso!
- Producer 12 smallholders from the La Democracia community
- Processing Washed
- Varieties Caturra & Bourbon
- Harvest March 2024
- Altitude 1,700 masl
- Region La Democracia, Huehuetenango
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- 20.0g
ground coffee dose
- 29
seconds
- 44g
espresso shot yield
- 93.0º
brew temperature
This recipe was developed on a La Marzoco Linea PB, using a Anfim SPII+ grinder. We encourage you to play around to meet your personal tastes and equipment setup.
- 20.0g
La Democracia, Huehuetenango
VARIETY
Caturra & Bourbon
PROCESS
Washed
ALTITUDE
1,700 masl
Caturra and Bourbon varieties are cultivated on small coffee farms (averaging ~4 hectares each), mechanically de-pulped on-farm and patio dried over 3-5 days. At 1,700 meters above sea level, La Democracia is excellently situated for slow maturation and even ripening of coffee cherries. Organic practices such as on-farm composting, vermiculture and cascara pulp are all employed, with zero external inputs brought in to import fertility.
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Market Blend
A bold coffee; wonderful under milk, or rich and syrupy served black.
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Rancilio Silvia V6 Espresso Machine
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ACME & CO. Espresso Cup 70ml (6 pack)
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