Description

100% Arabica Light Roast Coffee
Tasting notes: Sweet & Balanced

Region: Guatemala & Huehuetenango

Guatemala & Huehuetenango
During the 1700s, missionaries brought coffee trees for decorative uses. When synthetic dyes were invented sometime in the mid-1800s the Guatemalan economy crashed due to their reliance on natural indigo dyes. As a result, Guatemalans began to utilize the coffee tree as more than just an ornament.

Boom Beans partners with Dulce Leonarda Estate’s, located in the La Libertad region near the small village of La Mesilla. In our opinion, this Guatemala Huehuetenango is one of the top Guatemalan coffees currently available.

In the cup, our Guatemala Huehuetenango Dulce Leonarda is syrupy-sweet with subtle nuanced flavors, harkening back to the old days if you recall, when Guatemalan coffee could be profoundly interesting and clean with a smooth mouthfeel, good acidity, great body and profound sweetness! There are hints of caramel, cocoa and tobacco, a nice lemony-citrus acidity and a lingering, floral finish.

The Guatemala Huehuetenango Dulce Leonarda Estate’s farmlands cover roughly 590 acres and vary in elevation from 5,000 to 5,400 feet, making this a true SHB grade (Strictly Hard Bean) Guatemala arabica

In Guatemala, Huehuetenango is one of 22 individual departments, and one of eight different coffee growing regions, as defined by Anacafé or the Asociación Nacional del Café, which was formed in 1960 to represent growers and establish a national coffee brand. The region shares part of its border with Mexico and occupies roughly 2,800 square miles of the country’s western highlands. The land is diverse in geography and climate, encompassing a wide variety of tropical lowlands and mountain peaks.