Guatemala La Maravilla SWP Decaf

Guatemala La Maravilla SWP Decaf

Farm Description

This is the Swiss Water Process decaf of our Guatemala Finca La Maravilla lot that we sent to Canada to decaffeinate. We think the results are great! Huehuetenango has some extraordinary coffee farms, and we have offered so many in the past at Sweet Maria's: El Injerto, Huixoc, Injertal, and this one, Finca La Maravilla. I remember when we first offered this estate coffee, its nicely fruited flavors and citrus brightness. So after several years of hiatus, we have it again, and it's every bit as good as the Maravilla of my memory. The farm is located very near El Injerto, in the La Libertad area of the state of Huehuetenango in Guatemala's north. The farm is owned by Mauricio Rosales and ranges from a very high 1500 meters all the way to 1850 meters.

Cupping Notes

It is a bright coffee, a little lighter in body and less balanced perhaps than some of our other Guatemala offerings. But that is what makes it so special as well. The fragrance from the dry grounds has raisin and fig fruited notes, and a dark-toned sweetness with soft chocolate wafer accents. Adding hot water, the wet aromatics leap to life; caramel apple notes and chocolate raisins. The cup has a very nice balanced brightness, with orange notes in the lighter roast levels, and a dry effect in the finish. There is a nut-toned roast taste, almond-like, and praline as it passes into the aftertaste. And it has a caramel-maple sweetness throughout, from lighter roast levels to Full City. The body is medium-to-light, which suits the lively nature of this cup well, but at FC or FC+ roast levels has a very nice creamy mouthfeel. The La Maravilla decaf makes a fairly interesting decaf espresso blend component, adding aroma, fruit and brightness to the shot.

Score

87.7

Lot Size

42 Bags

Roast Recommendations

City-Full City+: The coffee works at all roast levels. I particularity like City+ for the sweetly fruited notes. One note: This roast of this coffee is a bit hard to judge by color because of the way decafs brown in the roast process (and Swiss Water decafs are maybe the darkest and most difficult to judge by surface color).

Processing

Wet Process

Varietal

Bourbon     Caturra    

Grade & Appearance

SHB, 0 d/300gr, 17-18 Screen

Packaging

2 x 15 Lbs. nitrogen-flushed vacuum packs or 1x60 Lbs. GrainPro bag
Shipped in jute, vacuum packed at our warehouse
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Available in 60.0 pound GrainPro packages for $259.80 ($4.33/pound) and in 30.0 pound vac pack bricks for $137.40 ($4.58/pound).

The skin of the coffee cherry, carefully peeled, in my hand.
 

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