Guatemala Graft Estate Finca El Injerto Introduction How to Drink Guatemala Coffee

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Guatemala has been growing coffee since around 1850. Before World War I, the Germans controlled as much as 80% of the country's production, most of which was exported to Germany. ANACAFE, the official coffee farmers' association, divided the country into eight regions according to region and flavor in the 1990s, and registered trademarks to promote the origin. These include Antigua, Acatenango, Huehuetenango and Atitl á n, where many award-winning farms are located. Common beans in Guatemala today include Typica, Bourbon, Caturra, Catua í, Pacas, Maragogype, Pacamara (a hybrid of the first two), Pache Comum (a local variety of Typica), and Gesha.

One from Guatemala, from the Acatenango district. Because the taste is too unique, the characteristics of the origin are completely overshadowed. If the performance of a geisha in Panama is an one-man show, Guatemala, which has an ever-changing planting environment, is a big stage for different varieties to blossom; the Emerald Manor won the championship with a geisha, and for a moment there is Finca El Injerto (Graft Manor) in Huehuetenango, Guatemala.

Grafted manor won many honors

The coffee that grafted the manor has won the prize in the COE contest every year since 2004 and won the presidential grade in 06, 08, 09 and 10 (i.e. a total score of more than 90 points). But unlike the Jade Manor, which competes with geisha, it competes with different kinds of beans every year. I still remember that in 2010, it won the title of 93.14 points for the Pacamara species, which was rated as "low acid and light taste" at that time, and brought up the planting fever throughout Central America! It can be seen that soil, climate and treatment are as important as bean genes. Since 2011, Graft, like the Emerald Manor, has held its own auction, in which a rare ancient species, Mocha, was sold in 2012 for a record price of US $550 (about HK $4290) per pound, making headlines in the New York Times.

The Graft Manor, located on the Vivette Nango Plateau in Guatemala, is a farm with a long history, covering an area of 720 hectares and an elevation of about 1500 Murray 2000 meters above sea level. among them, 470 hectares of natural ecological rainforest is preserved around the coffee growing area. It has been operated by the Aguirre family, which has emigrated here since 1874, and began to grow coffee in 1900. The name of the estate "Injerto" is named after a fruit of local origin.

The Graft Manor is unique and outstanding because it has repeatedly won the recognition of COE competitions in Guatemala! For example, he won the 11th in 2002, the champion in 2006, the sixth in 2007, and won the championship again with a new variety Pacamara in 2008, and set a staggering high price of US $80 per pound of raw beans in the international coffee bidding market.

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Coffee producing area: Guatemala / Huehuetenango/Injerto Manor

Planting altitude: 1500Murray 2000m

Raw bean variety: Catuai+Bourbon

Raw bean treatment: washing method

Quality rating: SHB/ Rainforest Alliance Certification (Rainforest Alliance)

Harvest year: 2008

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