COE28 Storm Manor in Guatemala | Flavor characteristics of Guatemalan washed coffee beans

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"Guadi" is a nickname given to Guatemala by coffee lovers. The Mayan town sits on top of 37 volcanoes, two of which erupted in 2010. Coupled with frequent tornadoes and natural disasters everywhere, it is a veritable "dangerous place". However, fertile volcanic soil, undulating mountains and changeable microclimate are ideal conditions for growing coffee. As of 2011, Guatemala was the country with the highest coffee production in Central America.

Storm Manor (Finca La Tormenta) is located in El Progreso province of Guatemala. San Augustine í n Acasaguastl á n is 80 kilometers northeast of the capital of Guatemala City, adjacent to the Guatemala ecological reserve the Sierra de las Minas. The original estate is mainly sold to people who share the same ideas about land and environmental protection. A few years ago, the Maria del Carmen Vela Ruiz family, for the health and better future of himself and his six grandchildren. I traveled all over Guatemala, looking for an ideal coffee estate, took a fancy to it, and after three days of bargaining, I closed the deal, that is, Finca La Tormenta, bought by the new Maria del Carmen Vela Ruiz family, plus three employees.

When the Maria del Carmen Vela Ruiz family bought Finca La Tormenta, they didn't know anything about coffee cultivation, and it was almost all his money, so he had to make a profit. He saw the local coffee cultivation, accepted his suggestion with three employees, and began to transform the shade trees such as apple trees, pears, plums and other shade trees to replace the traditional gravilea and cushin trees. All members of the family participated in the non-planting of the estate, withholding his six grandchildren aged from two to 22 years old, and even he and his neighbors agreed not to allow trucks and motorized drain machines to enter and destroy the peace of the nature reserve, in accordance with the government's Defensores de la Naturaleza provisions, the greatest contribution of this music family and environmental protector is to use his methods to prevent hunters from hunting here. For example, loudspeakers are installed to play the sound of locomotive engines to frighten birds and will not be caught by hunters.

Located between 1800 and 2000 meters above sea level, Storm Manor (Finca La Tormenta), which now grows Sarchimor as well as Anacaf é 14, competes in the Guatemala COE Cup for the first time this year. In addition, in order to provide food for wild animals, he planted 2, 000 arrayan and wild anona fruit trees, located in the Natural Reserve of the Sierra de las Minas, the buffer zone of the natural ecological reserve, and has a unique geographical environment to grow and manage the production of coffee with the spirit of caring for wild animals. that is why coffee experts agree on the flavor of this manor coffee.

Flavor description: figs, toffee apples, honey nut chips, bright and clear acidity, chocolate caramel flavor after low temperature.

Award winning record:

In 2017, Guatemala Excellence Cup (COE) ranked 28th (international bidding batch)

Country of origin: Guatemala (Guatemala)

Producing area: the town of St. Augustine, Progreso (El Progreso) (San Agusta í n Acasaguastl á n)

Manor: storm Manor (Finca La Tormenta)

Variety: Sarchimor

Altitude: 1800-2000 m

Grade: SHB

Treatment: European water washed extremely hard beans (SHB)

Harvest time: December to March of the following year

Certification: NCMA

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