Guatemala Huehuetenango FTO Dulce Leonarda
Guatemala Huehuetenango FTO Dulce Leonarda
Medium Roast
Old time Huehuetenango is back!
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. The family produces an assortment of 100% shade grown Bourbon, Catuai and Caturra varietals, handpicks their cherries and operates their own wet mill right at the farm.
One of the Top Guatemalan coffees currently available.
Our Dulce Leonarda is syrupy-sweet with subtle nuanced flavors, harkening back to the old days, when Guatemalan coffee was extremely interesting and clean with a smooth mouthfeel, good acidity, great body and profound sweetness!
In the Cup: great aroma, hints of caramel, cocoa and tobacco, a nice lemony-citrus acidity and a lingering, floral finish.
Recommended Use: Espresso, Pour Over, Drip.
GUATEMALA ORIGIN NOTES
Like many other Central American countries, coffee was introduced to Guatemala in the 18th century by European missionaries and by the middle of the 19th century, had become commercially important to the economy. Today, coffee is one of the country’s most important exports accounting for 40 percent of all agricultural export revenue. Although today Guatemala ranks only tenth in total volume among coffee producers worldwide, it is one of the most prominent origins in the minds of specialty coffee consumers.
Guatemalans call their country “Land of the Eternal Spring.” With its crisscrossing mountain ranges, diverse geography and dependable rains, the country has all the conditions necessary to produce sublime washed Arabica coffees.
Due to its long history as a coffee producer, Guatemala has developed sophisticated support networks for its producers. Anacafe (Asociacion Nacional del Café) is Guatemala’s national coffee association and was formed in 1960. Beginning in the early 1990s, Anacafe has worked to define the country’s coffee growing regions based on the unique flavor profiles, climate, soil and altitude.
Guatemalan coffees have a wide range of flavor profiles from rich and chocolaty to sweet, fruity and complex.
