Description
Growing region: Santa Rosa Valley
Growing Altitude:1,350-1,800 m.a.s.l.
Preparation: Washed
Coffee type: Caturra, Bourbon, Pache
Located in the South-Central region of Guatemala, the Santa Rosa valley is renowned for its nutrient rich volcanic soils that create an ideal climate for growing a slower maturing coffee which is said to concentrate the array of flavours.
This coffee is SHB (Strictly Hard Beans), meaning it was grown above 1,3000 meters.
Guatemala benefits from high altitudes and as many as 300 unique micro climates. There is constant rainfall in most regions and mineral rich soils. However, while the country’s reputation as a producer of specialty coffee is stellar today, it has not been an easy road. Guatemala’s long and bloody civil war (1960-1996) disrupted millions of lives, eroded the economy, exacerbated poverty, and created social and political instability that still plagues the country today. Coffee production really only stabilised and began to increase at the turn of the century, displacing macadamia, and avocado production in many areas.
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