Guatemala De Leon

We taste: vanilla, creamy, almond marzipan, biscotti cookie, apple, cocoa, lemon

Roast Level: Light

Process: Washed

Drying Method: Patio Sun-Dried

Region: Huehuetenango (El Paraiso, La Libertad)

Cultivar: Bourbon, Caturra, Catuai, Typica

Altitude: 1700 MASL

All of our coffees come fresh roasted as whole beans in 12 ounce (340 gram) bags. Make sure you have a grinder!

Direct Trade
This easy to drink coffee has accents of vanilla, profiles of almond marzipan, biscotti cookie, apple, cocoa, and a tart streak of lemon. A very bright, creamy coffee!

This single farmer coffee is from Urizar de Leon, in El Paraiso town of Huehuetenango. This lush, high-land valley boasts a dramatic landscape of jutting cliffs and seemingly endless green as far as you can see. Farmers in the region grow coffee on small parcels of land often adjacent to where they live - in many cases less than one hectare of coffee. The farm sits at 1700 meters above sea level and is planted with mostly Bourbon, though Caturra, Catuaí  are widely planted in the region too. Processing is managed locally, each farmer de-pulping and fermenting their coffee at home, or at a neighbor's, then laying it out to dry on concrete patios. Slight variations in processing technic can make for unique cup profiles from one neighbor's coffee to the next. The dry parchment coffee is transported to a dry milling facility in Huehuetenango town where it is hulled, sorted and prepared for export.