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Guatemala - Dark Roast

1950

Guatemala - Dark Roast

1950

Tucked deep in the rainforest of northwest Guatemala, the Guaya’b Cooperative is made up of over 300 indigenous Maya-Quiche coffee farming families. The Cooperative carefully hand picks each day’s ripe fruit and process the organic fair trade coffee in small batches on their farms. The result is a classic example of the Huehuetenango appellation: a coffee rich with cherry sweetness, lush floral notes, and a deep wine-like body. Learn more 

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GrindWhole Bean

  • Whole Bean
  • Auto Drip
  • French Press
  • Espresso
  • Turkish

Bag Size12oz Bag

  • 12oz Bag
  • 5lb Bag
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DESCRIPTION

  • TASTING NOTES
    Tart Cherry, Semi Sweet Chocolate And Caramel
  • PROCESS
    Wet/Washed
  • REGION
    Guaya’b, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
  • VARIETAL
    Bourbon, Typica, Caturra
  • ALTITUDE
    1,300 - 1,600 meters

The farmers of the Guaya’b Cooperative grow coffee under a dense forest canopy that doubles as the winter home for dozens of species of migratory birds as well as local flora and fauna. It wasn’t always this way. 

When coffee was introduced to this remote region 40 years ago, it was promoted as an alternative to subsistence agriculture, and farmers were taught to clear forests to make way for this new cash crop. Fortunately, these farmers are closely connected to the health of their land, and have re-established their once logged forests providing much needed shade and diverse ecosystems in which coffee thrives.

Now, a new generation of farmers works to cultivate coffee and a variety of other cash and subsistence crops to increase incomes, and to protect the health of the land. Thanks to their partnership with our importer, Elan Organic Coffee, Guaya’b has perfected the art of picking, depulping and fermenting their coffee to produce deep, juicy, and full flavored coffee with a truly distinctive character.

Customer Review

"First of all, we love the smoothness of Guatemalan coffee. With Thanksgiving Coffee's roasting, it's perfect, simply wonderful to sip."
Donna V. of Sierra Vista, AZ