Roaster’s Report - Guatalon Pacamara Anaerobic

Country: Guatemala

Growing region: Santa Rosa

Elevation: 1700 masl.

Coffee varietal: Pacamara

Processing: Anaerobic. Typically, during the washing process, coffee is depulped and then soaked in a tank with water to remove any coffee fruit residual, before being dried. Anaerobic processing changes this by soaking the coffee in a tank that is completely sealed from oxygen, resulting in an amazing final product.

This particular coffee was harvested at peak maturity, when the cherry had a sugar content of 22 brix, then fermented in a sealed tank for 96 hours, Then it was dried on raised bed for 30 days.

Cupping Score: 89

Coffee description: Producer Guillermo Antonio Juárez Solares, founded the Guatalon Farm in 1995.

We taste notes of pineapple, strawberry jam, and brown sugar

Green coffee transparency: 278lbs @ $9.50/lb, August 2023 (Commodity coffee price: $2.06lb. Why is this important? Coffee pricing is complex and multifaceted, and sharing what we paid is an incomplete picture, but we believe in sharing the data we have available, hoping that will embolden others to do the same, with the ultimate goal of getting producers fairer pay for their excellent work.)

Length of Relationship: Terra Negra, since 2016. Guatalon Farm, since 2017

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