COFFEE DETAILS:
- Producer: Petronilo Martinez
- Farm: El Aguacatal - La Garita
- Region: Hoja Blanca, Cuilco, Huehuetenango
- Elevation: 1600-1700 MASL
- Variety: Bourbon, Caturra
- Processing: Washed with 24-36 hour fermentation after de-pulping, dried on concrete patios for 10-14 days
- Roast level: Medium/light
- WE TASTE: Orange, graham cracker, milk chocolate, sweet almond
ORIGIN & SOURCING:
We source this coffee through our friends at Onyx coffee importers. They are a Guatemala-specific importing company founded by Edwin Martinez, a third generation coffee producer himself. They import coffee from their family farms and also bring coffee from other farms that share their goals and values. Onyx has partnered with Aurelio and the rest of the Villatoro family for over 15 years to bring their coffee to roasters in the US. This coffee is grown by Aurelio's father in-law Don Petronilo and his son (also named Petronilo) in the mountains above the tiny village of Hoja Blanca on the Western edge of Guatemala near the border with Mexico.
Why We Love This Coffee:
The La Garita is a delicious coffee that highlights our goals with all the coffee we roast. Tasty coffee grown responsibly/sustainably by amazing people working hard to better the lives of their families and the people they work with. It gets bonus points as it’s sourced with the help of our friends at Onyx Coffee Importers, they themselves being awesome people who share the same values of quality, traceability, relationship. Also, did I mention how delicious it is?