Historical Flavor characteristics of San Marcos San Marcos Volcano Coffee in Guatemala

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The latitude of Guatemala is about 15 degrees. Because of the long mountains and great regional climate changes, Guatemala's eight major coffee producing areas are all located on the highland topography under the subtropical climate, with rich and stable rainfall and excellent environment for fertile volcanic ash soil. The coffee beans produced are all Arabica, each with different flavors and characteristics, and the first-class sour taste and fruity aroma are smooth. It belongs to one of the top coffee in the world and is suitable for individual consumption.

Geographical location of San Marco production area

Introduction of San Marco production area

In ancient times, violent volcanic eruptions created the terrain of Guatemala's mountains, plateaus and large amounts of water resources, which is now the coffee-producing area. Located in San Marcos, Santa Maria erupted in 1902 with the largest eruption since the 20th century and the largest eruption in Central America in a thousand years. A large amount of volcanic ash blocked out the sun and caused the global temperature to drop by half a degree. All coffee farms are buried in volcanic ash, causing coffee production to fall by 75%. It takes 20 years to recover, but it also has rich volcanic soil.

The volcano San Marcos is the warmest and highest rainfall of the eight coffee-producing regions in Guatemala, and it is also the first region to bloom. During the rainy season from the end of April to mid-November, the annual rainfall in some areas can even reach 200 inches. Due to climatic conditions and unexpected rainfall, most estates have their own washing plants, and then leave the coffee in the yard to semi-dry and then dry at a low temperature.

Altitude: 1300-1800m

Rainfall: 4000-5000mm

Temperature: 21-27 ℃

Relative humidity: 70-80%

Harvest season: December-March

Soil: volcanic soil

Main drying method process: sunshine and dryer

Shade species: Inga

San Marco producing area

Main flavor tonality presentation

▎ main flavor tonality ▎

With cedar and flower aromas, 
 has bright acidity and full thickness.

Cedar, floral, bright acidity, full body

▎ ERGOS Cup Taste Library ▎

Caramel drupe notes, 
 California plum bright acid value, 
 herbaceous flavor.

Caramelized, nutty, 
 bright acidity like stone fruit, herbal

SAN MARCOS

San Marcos San Marcos is the warmest and wettest coffee growing area in Guatemala. On the hillside facing the Pacific Ocean, the rainy season comes earlier, so the flowering time is earlier than usual. Rainfall has a great influence on post-harvest drying, so some farms use a mixture of sun and mechanical drying at the same time. In the region, agriculture is the mainstay of the economy and also produces food, fruit, meat and wool.

Altitude: 1300-1800m

Harvest: December to March

Variety: bourbon, Caturra,Catuai

San Marcos San Marcos

Located in the remote southwest volcanic area, in the south of the picturesque fruit producing area, the annual rainfall is as high as 4000cm to 5000 cm, the humidity is high, and it has a micro climate of volcanic area and tropical rain forest, including the moist warm sea breeze of the Pacific Ocean. This producing area is the warmest producing area in the country, with obvious fruit flower flavor, low sour taste but well-balanced flavor.

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