GUATEMALA

Coffee with a good story and a personal touch has something special about it. You can taste that in these beans from Guatemala.

Coffee farmer Don Pedro Lopez Mendez has refined the fermentation process down to the last detail. This gives a full, creamy body with sweet notes of orange.

With these Guatemala beans, you can make a delicious summery espresso that also shines in a cappuccino.

Brewing advice – Guatemala

Our fixed starting point: 18 grams of ground coffee in, 36 grams of espresso out, in 25 to 30 seconds. Use this to dial in your grinder, then adjust to your own taste.

This is how we brew our Guatemala coffee beans:

• 18.8 g coffee in
• 26–30 seconds extraction time
• 43 g espresso out

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Origin & details

All our coffee is specialty coffee, including these beans from Guatemala. Specialty coffee is coffee that scores at least 80 out of 100 points in a professional assessment, according to the standards of the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA). All our beans reach that score.

In the mountainous region of Huehuetenango, at Finca Los Nazanjales, Don Pedro Lopez Mendez (65) and his wife have been farming their 1.3-hectare plantation for decades. This is where these special beans come from.

The secret of this coffee lies in the fermentation, which takes around 32 hours. Don Pedro knows exactly when the process is perfect, which brings out sweet notes of orange.

• Origin: Guatemala, Huehuetenango
• Farm: Finca Los Nazanjales (Lopez Mendez family)
• Cooperative: Comal
• Processing: Washed
• Varieties: Bourbon Amarillo, Caturra, Catimor
• Roast level: Medium roast
• Flavour: milk chocolate, orange and caramel
• SCA score: 85+

Enjoy this coffee from our Sand Yellow cup. The warm yellow tones bring out the flavours of this coffee.

Fancy discovering a different flavour? Browse our full range of specialty coffee.

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