Lake Attilan, one of the volcanic coffee producing areas in Guatemala, Lake Atitlan Lake Attilan.

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To introduce you to a friend to let you sweet to the heart of the coffee: Guatemala Attilan Lake 1950 batch, its profile is as follows--

Guatemala Lake Atitlan, 1,950 rice wine red catura! Ripe burgundy Caturra, at cool temperatures above 1,900 m, so deep red that it is not ripe.

It was an unintentional harvest. At the beginning of last year in Guatemala city, after the Anna Coffee Association cup test, I met several old acquaintances. When we talked about producers, one of them caught my attention. The protagonist was a boss who owned many businesses, including coffee. In addition to large farms specializing in commercial beans, there was also a small farm. The road was steep and difficult to reach. To reach the estate, he had to walk. He was worried that buyers would not want to go, and the output was small, so he simply contracted out. I found it incredible. Interrupted and asked,"Have you tested samples from that small farm?" "There's one here! The quality is not bad." Lewis also told me,"I tested it last year and it was great, but she sold it directly to the local processor!" After testing the sample, I met with the producer the next day, and three days later, I went to this 1950lot farm.

1950 is her average altitude. When I first walked into the coffee garden, the altitude meter on my watch was 1,900 meters. There was only a small amount of Caturra(Catura) species. The consultant who assisted in the treatment was very expert at that time and asked the pickers to wait for "wine red" before picking. Therefore, the coffee here has the nickname "1950 wine red Catura". The total harvest volume is less than 20 bags. No wonder the owner is unwilling to bother to operate. In 2013, leaf rust prevailed throughout Central America. There is no such symptom here, the local farmer told me, because it is cold and slightly dry here, disease is rarely found, but the average production is much less than that of the lake.

To the south of Lake Atitlan are three famous volcanoes, all over 3,000 meters, and to the west are San Pedro Volcano, Toliman Volcano's twin craters and the main volcano Atitlan Volcano, which is 3,537 meters high. After the volcano, the mountain descends all the way to the plain facing the Pacific Ocean.

Lake Atidran is one of Guatemala's main volcanic coffee areas. The soil around the lake is fertile and suitable for coffee cultivation. Since most coffee is planted along the steep slopes all the way up the lake, this terrain is not conducive to soil conservation. Therefore, farmers often struggle with how to maintain sufficient water content in the land. Early deforestation and local land burning cultivation methods are easy to cause great harm to the environment. The steep terrain makes it difficult to retain water. Although the lake is very large, it cannot all be pumped from the lake. Fortunately, there are 19 important private protected areas around the lake.(Private Nature Reserves), their territory covers 6,000 hectares of virgin forest and coffee plantations, almost all of which are shaded coffee cultivation and mining cultivation methods, which greatly protects the natural environment of Lake Attilan. They adopt the method of protecting virgin forest to enrich water resources and adopt artificial construction methods to establish soil and water conservation and hydropower generation. All these efforts have great effects. Today, many rare animals and more than 90 species of birds can be easily observed even if one walks into the primeval forest near the lake.

Attitlan Lake is one of the four volcanic coffee producing areas in Guatemala. The soil around the lake is very fertile. Ou 1950 lot should be one of the highest farms in this area. Most of them extend from the slope to Attitlan Lake. The lake is still 1,500 meters above sea level. It is also the largest and most famous high-altitude volcanic lake in Guatemala.

Cup Test Report:

Country: Guatemala

Region: Lake Attitlan

Manor: Private farm, named 1950 lot

Breed: Catura Caturra

Treatment method: washing, after the solar scaffolding.

cupping flavor

Dried aroma: sweet aroma, berry, vanilla plant, cherry, hazelnut, spice

Wet aromas: citrus, spice, sucrose, tea, chocolate, sweet herbal aromas

Sip: Very clean, bright red currants, tea feel, chocolate, spice sweet, champagne grape, multi-layered,

Sweet citrus, long lasting finish.