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What is the flavor of the blessed Val Mar Manor valamar in Guatemala? What are the eight major coffee producing areas in Guatemala?

Valma Manor is located in the Koban area, a perfect producing area with steep mountains, green rain forests and charming flowers, including an unspoiled natural environment and a unique micro-climate. The contrast between high-altitude mountains and high-humidity tropical rain forests always surrounds the area with mist formed by dense clouds falling. Most of the coffee in Koban rainforest is grown on special rolling hills and grows harmoniously with the rainforest made up of local natural trees.

The Koban rainforest region is significantly different from other coffee producing areas in Guatemala, with year-round clouds, abundant rainfall and a cool climate, and the local soil is composed of limestone and clay. Under the influence of the Atlantic basin and the northward jungle tropical climate, most of the coffee in this area is grown on obviously slow hilly land. In this unique rainforest area, the Valma family has operated the manor for a hundred years and attaches great importance to the environmental responsibility of sustainable management. They retain more than half of the original forest, allowing a wide variety of animals to inhabit. In the process of production, the manor also uses broken coffee residue as organic compost. The excellent quality of coffee is still one of the insistence of the family, they take good care of every aspect of the production process, from seed selection to the final step of storage. Coffee is picked by hand and treated in an ecological water washing site that can reduce water consumption, after which the water will be recycled.

Under the careful management of Valma Manor, in addition to properly preserving the integrity of the rainforest ecosystem here, the coffee beans produced by the manor have the classic style of the Koban producing area. Valma Manor is located in the Koban area, a perfect producing area with steep mountains, green rain forests and charming flowers, including an unspoiled natural environment and a unique micro-climate. The contrast between high-altitude mountains and high-humidity tropical rain forests always surrounds the area with mist formed by dense clouds falling. Most of the coffee in Koban rainforest is grown on special rolling hills and grows harmoniously with the rainforest made up of local natural trees.

In this unique rainforest area, the Valma family has operated the manor for more than a century and attaches great importance to the environmental responsibility of sustainable management. They retain more than half of the original forest, allowing a wide variety of animals to inhabit. In the process of production, the manor also uses broken coffee residue as organic compost. The excellent quality of coffee is still one of the insistence of the family, they take good care of every aspect of the production process, from seed selection to the final step of storage. Coffee is picked by hand and treated in an ecological water washing site that can reduce water consumption, after which the water will be recycled.

Under the careful management of Valma Manor, in addition to properly preserving the integrity of the rainforest ecosystem here, the coffee beans produced by the manor have the classic style of the Koban producing area.

Valma Manor took part in the Cup Of Excellence competition in 2012 and won the third place.

COE award record

Ranked 3rd in 2012

The champion of Koban production area competition for 12 years in a row

Guatemala altitude classification:

Like many Central American and Central countries, Guatemala has its own growth altitude classification:

Prime: plant 750 Murray 900 meters above sea level.

Extra Prime: planted at an altitude of 900 Murray 1050 meters.

Semi Hard Bean: plant 1050m above sea level. 1220m.

Hard Bean (HB): planted at 1220m above sea level in Murray 1300m.

Strictly Hard Bean (SHB): planted above 1300 meters above sea level.

Generally speaking, there are five major producing areas:

Vivette Nanguo (Huehuetenango): the highest altitude, less rainfall, late ripening, fruit and flower aroma, recognized as the best coffee producing area.

Antigua: dry climate, sweet coffee with nutty, spicy and cocoa flavors.

Coban: rain forest area, high rainfall and humidity, coffee taste is thick, with fruit and spicy aromas.

Atotlan: can be called the classic of Guatemala, with lemon, chocolate aromas, but also a thick taste.

Acatenango: hot climate and fertile volcanic soil, where coffee acidity and layers are relatively rich.

Guatemalan coffee features:

Guatemala also has tropical rain forests, volcanic geology, plateau valleys and ever-changing microclimate.

Plus several rainfall patterns and fertile soil

It makes Guatemalan coffee varied in style and rich in tonality.

There are slender, elegant, sweet, fruity, but also more complex, rich, rich, with chocolate, toffee aromas.