The story of Guatemalan coffee cultivation the flavor of orange honey treatment at St. Felicia Manor in Akatilan?

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Guatemala coffee growing story Actiran Santa Felicia estate orange honey processing flavor? How do you make it taste good?

Finca Santa Felisa, a famous organic coffee garden in Guatemala, was founded by Trinidad E. Cruz was founded in 1904 in Maya Kakchiquel district of Actiran, and has lived peacefully with Maya people for 100 years. Cruz family is honest and kind to aborigines. Up to now, Maya Kakchiquel people still serve their family in the estate, and Cruz family has entered the fourth generation. Some of the reasons I like Anthony and Anabella at the helm of the family include how nice they are to the Kaqchiquels.

Among the estates I visited, only Anabella introduced all the workers to the buyer one by one. When she introduced them, she explained the work they did and listed their outstanding places! The process is warm and touching. These people are really respectable orchard and hard workers in the processing field! Most coffee growers will only introduce the plant manager or fruit harvesting foreman to visitors.

Anabella told me,"I'm proud of my colleagues! Not only did they collect the ripe fruit diligently, but they also handled the post-processing very well!"

In 2013, after four rounds of cup testing, I decided to introduce the four treatments of Santa Felicia Manor. I asked the two brothers and sisters why they had to carry out multiple treatments.

Anthony said: "Customized post-processing should be the trend, 2011, the first bidding end, we found that from all over the world baked beans have different preferences and needs for flavor, we examine the flavor performance of different processing methods, this is a lengthy experiment and patience test, cup test results, flavor performance let everyone very amazing, hard work, but worth it!"

Anthony invited me to join the cup-testing team this year (2013), and in April 2013, I picked Orange Honey, Kenya (K72), Ethiopia, and Natural as the highlights of the year. This batch is processed with orange honey. The essence of honey processing is to leave the sweetness and flavor of the sticky layer. The details of honey processing have evolved to the point where everyone can have their own heart and secret tricks. As for the effect, it still depends on the field cup test to test. Santa Felicia's orange juice is processed as follows:

Harvest ripe coffee cherries with a sweetness of more than 20, wash them and soak them in a clean sink overnight, and remove the peel every other day. Orange honey color than the general honey treatment method to light, the formation of flavor back to different characteristics.

Due to the high altitude of Acatenango volcanic area, coffee cherries mature slowly, so although the acid is still bright, but can get a more balanced sweet sense and mature overall flavor, which makes the high quality coffee in this area have a full balance advantage, the cup test process, often surprising! This was strongly felt during a visit to the region in 2007.

Acatenango became Guatemala's eighth coffee-producing region in 2007, and we translate it as "Acatenango Valley." This area is located in Chimaltenango province of Guatemala. More than 5000 hectares of coffee plantations are fertile volcanic, mainly located in two volcanic mountains, and almost all of them have forests and shade trees. As can be seen from the photos above, almost all of the plantations are planted in shade, and the main varieties are bourbon and some Catuai and Caturra. Acatenango is the third highest volcano in Central America, and beyond Fuego lies Lake Atlantis.

Annual rainfall ranges from 48 to 72 inches, average annual temperatures range from 14 to 31 degrees C, and the temperature difference is large enough that the beans are dense and contribute to flavor. The coffee harvest season is mainly from mid January to March. At present, Kaqchiquels still live in this area and maintain traditional farming methods, while Santa Felicia Manor maintains good relations with Kaqchiquels and treats them well, so the farm farming is in charge of this tribe and gets along well with them. The region has about 4,000 farmers, coffee cultivation dates back to 1880, and Santa Felicia Manor was opened in 1907, plus the estate is located at a higher altitude, is also a pioneer of Accadillac.

Country: Guatemala

Origin: Acatenango

Province: Chimaltenango

Name of Estate: Santa Felisa Estate

Production batch name: Orange Honey

Harvest season: February 2013

Type: Typica

Grade: SHB

Altitude: 1650 m

Temperature range: 17.C to 24.C

Annual rainfall. Rainfall: 1,200 -- 1,500 mm

Acatenango Valley®

Owner: Antonio Meneses Cruz

Treatment method: orange honey treatment method, natural sunlight in the later stage, consistent operation in the estate treatment field.

Cup test data: Osher baking degree M0, baking time 12 minutes, a burst of the middle of the pan

Dried Fragrance: Honey, Flower Lane, Berry

Humid aroma: sucrose, flower, berry, chocolate, plant cool aroma

Sip: Good cleanliness, fine apple acid and sweet lime, honey sweet, smooth touch, chocolate, floral, juicy, spicy sweet, balanced round finish.

Front Street Cooking Recommendations

V60 filter cup, 15 grams of powder, water temperature 90 degrees, grinding 3, water powder ratio close to 1:15

30g water steams for 30s

Stage: water injection to 110ml water cut off, wait for the water level to drop to 1/3 slowly re-injection to 225ml stop.

30-120-225g

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