How to drink Coffee beans from EL SOL Manor in Guatemala

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Ojo del Sol is the Spanish word for The Eye of Sun.

Product name: Guatemala Chimaltenango Ojo del Sol Natural

Varieties: bourbon (Bourbon), Kaddura (Caturra)

Producing area: Chimat Nanguo province (Chimaltenango)

Altitude: 1500m-1600m

Treatment: insolation

Raw bean trader: ERGOS Weiskaya

Baking degree: medium baking

Flavor description: passion fruit, strawberry, chocolate tail, clean and meticulous taste

The cup test results are as follows: acidity-2 stroke 5, sweetness-4 hand 5, aroma-3 hammer 5, somatosensory-2 shock 5, balance-3 shock 5

Guatemala has many volcanic mountains and plateaus that produce high-quality Central American alpine hard beans, making it the ninth largest coffee exporter in the world. There are mainly eight major coffee producing areas in China, all of which grow Arabica coffee beans.

Chimaltenango province, located in the middle of the country, has rich and stable rainfall and fertile volcanic soil, and the coffee fruit produced is smooth and well received.

This batch of Ojo del Sol, a common washing treatment of Guatemalan coffee, is a common result of the gathering of many local small farmers. It is said to be named because the region is shrouded in clouds and has the beauty of sunlight penetrating through the clouds when the sun rises. Its taste is clean and delicate, the sweetness is obvious, and the flavor is unique!

Ojo del Sol means The Eye of Sun in Spanish. The washing treatment of coffee berries is a more common method in Guatemala. In order to use the water washing method to produce the best boutique coffee, coffee farmers in the Qimat Nanguo region refer to the wisdom accumulated by their ancestors in the ancient Mayan civilization. this method is also applied to the production of fine coffee by means of dry seeds, and the sun-eye coffee with unique flavor changes is successfully produced through continuous attempts.

According to historical records, one of the characteristics of Mayan civilization is their professional achievements in agriculture. Because the Mayans were adept at watching the sun and made outstanding achievements in agricultural production, for example, the Mayans found that when the color of the dried coffee berries was the same as the dark purple residual shadow reflected in the eyes after staring at the sun for a while, it is the best state of coffee berry fermentation. In addition, because of their sincere belief in Kinich Ahau, the Mayan sun god, coffee farmers often pray to the sun god for a smooth harvest of fine coffee beans with beautiful sunlight and sun treatment every day.

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