Coffee from Guatemala
Guatemala packs eight officially distinct growing regions into a country the size of Tennessee, most of them volcanic, and the classic cup is chocolate, orange and cane sugar with real weight behind it.
Antigua, Huehuetenango, Atitlán and Cobán each carry a recognisable profile, a rare thing in coffee. Antigua's volcanic soil and enclosed valley give dense, chocolatey coffee; Huehuetenango, far to the north-west and out of reach of cold fronts, ripens later and tastes brighter and more citric.
Most farms are mid-sized and family-owned across several generations, with their own wet mills — which is why Guatemalan lots are more often traceable to a single farm than to a washing station.
- Coffees in the catalogue
- 6
- Growing regions
- Huehuetenango, Antigua, San Marcos, Nuevo Oriente, Antigua, Sacatepequez
- Varieties
- Bourbon, Mixed varieties, Caturra, Bourbon, Pache, Bourbon, Caturra
- Processing
- Washed
- Altitude
- 1,500 – 1,650 m
- Common notes
- orange, milk chocolate, apple, almond and butterscotch
- Price range
- $21.00 – $26.00
- Roasted by
- 6 roasters
6 Guatemala coffees in the catalogue
- Guatemala Huehuetenango — SK Coffee. milk chocolate, apple and almond. $21.00 / 340 g.
- Guatemala Finca Las Moritas — Backlot Coffee. butterscotch, orange and pear. $22.00 / 340 g.
- Guatemala Antigua — Metric Coffee Co. cocoa, orange and brown sugar. $22.00 / 340 g.
- Ocelot — Passion House Coffee Roasters. peach, raspberry, fruit punch and chocolate. $26.00 / 340 g.
- Guatemala | ALMA San Marcos Nuevo Oriente — Gaslight Coffee Roasters. mandarin, cranberry and plum. $23.45 / 340 g.
- Bella Carmona — JBC Coffee Roasters. apricot, nutter butter, agave and twix bar. $24.00 / 340 g.