Agua Tibia ( Filter Roasted )

COUNTRY: Guatemala

COFFEE-GROWING REGION: Fraijanes

DEPARTMENT: Guatemala

MUNICIPALITY: San José Pinula

FARM SIZE: 1,530 Hectares (300 under coffee)

ELEVATION: 1,600-17,80m above sea level

VARIETY: Centroamericano (H1)

PROCESSING: Natural

FARM MANAGER: Erick de la Roca

FARM OWNER: Castillo Family

This 100% Centroamericano microlot was grown and processed at Finca Agua Tibia, an estate located just outside of Guatemala City, in the Fraijanes Plateau. Agua Tibia has been in the Castillo Family since 1886. Historically the land was used to produce wood for the family’s beer brewery. In the 1930s, Holstein and Angus cattle were introduced, and the farm quickly became one of the leading cattle ranches in the country, which remained the primary focus for the farm until 2005.

Coffee was introduced to Agua Tibia in the 1950s, with Bourbon and Typica varieties being planted. At this time, no one in the region had coffee plantations, so the initial plot for the land was very small and experimental. By the 1980s around 112 hectares were planted with coffee, but it wasn’t until 2012 that the family began focusing all of its efforts on coffee production

Once the coffee is picked, it is left overnight (up to eighteen hours) to go through a period of aerobic fermentation in cherry form. This is done using permeable nylon sacks, which keeps coffee stable by matching its internal temperature with that of the surrounding environment. At this stage, Agua Tibia’s team is very careful to place the sacks filled with cherries in a cool, dry place to protect them from the elements, as high temperatures can accelerate fermentation and introduce undesirable flavours.

Following this process, cherries are washed and placed on the estate’s concrete patios to dry for around 20-25 days. When laying cherries out, the team carefully sort through them to remove any unripe or damaged fruit. As the cherries dry, workers continuously sort the coffee by hand several times a day, to ensure they dry evenly, until the desired moisture content is reached.

 RECOMMENDED Suitable for Filter brewing methods and French press.

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