Guatemala - Dark Roast
Guatemala - Dark Roast
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
Learn MoreDESCRIPTION
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TASTING NOTESTart Cherry, Semi Sweet Chocolate And Caramel
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PROCESSWet/Washed
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REGIONGuaya’b, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
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VARIETALBourbon, Typica, Caturra
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ALTITUDE1,300 - 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.
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Delicious
Loved this coffee. It’s not super dark and not bitter at all. I use it with my Breville expresso machine to crate espresso shots. The flavor to me is very close to chocolate. It’s also bird friendly which is the only kind of coffee I drink. Thank you for creating this roast. Will order again.
Excellent coffee
Really smooth, very flavorful. Only draw back is the price. Its very spendy in comparison to other good ones we have recently tried in comparison. Id suggest you give it a try of the price point works for you.
great coffee!
I recently ordered 4 different bird friendly coffees from TGC. Have enjoyed all of them but this one is the best. Very smooth with no bitterness. I use it in our expresso machine and it makes a great latte.
The best beans
Love everything Paul does there
Everyday Delight!
I recently tasted a Guatemala single origin coffee from another roaster and really liked it! I decided to order this one and it makes a great cup of coffee - I prefer to make this one with my Aeropress! Nice dark roast chocolate caramel taste - a perfect coffee morning noon or night.
Coffee to Water Ratio
Using the correct amount of coffee will ensure that your coffee is brewed to strength, without over-extracting or under-extracting the coffee to compensate for an inappropriate dose. We recommend 2 grams of coffee for every fluid ounce of water used to brew. Weighing coffee is the most accurate way to measure the appropriate dose. If a scale is not available, we recommend 2 heaping tablespoons of ground coffee for every 5 ounces of water used to brew.
Grind Size
Producing the correct particle size in ground coffee is one of the most important steps in coffee brewing. In general, a finer grind will produce a more intense brew and a coarser grind will produce a less intense brew. At the same time, a grind that is too fine will produce an over-extracted, astringent brew, and a grind that is too coarse will produce a weak, under-extracted brew lacking flavor. In pour-over methods, grind size also affects the rate of extraction, as water will pass more slowly through a finer grind, and more quickly through a coarser grind. We strongly recommend burr grinders over blade grinders.
Water Temperature and Quality
Water temperature dramatically affects the extraction of coffee’s flavor during brewing. We recommend brewing with water at 200-202° Fahrenheit for best results. Using fresh, clean, chlorine-free water is essential.
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