Guatemala's warmest coffee region San Marco coffee region Introduction Guatemala coffee flavor

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As we all know, Guatemala is mainly divided into eight producing areas. More common in China, such as: micro special south fruit, New Oriental, Antigua and Koban.

In ancient times, violent volcanic eruptions created the terrain of Guatemala's mountains, plateaus and large amounts of water resources, which is now the coffee-producing area. Located in San Marcos, Santa Maria erupted in 1902 with the largest eruption since the 20th century and the largest eruption in Central America in a thousand years. A large amount of volcanic ash blocked out the sun and caused the global temperature to drop by half a degree. All coffee farms are buried in volcanic ash, causing coffee production to fall by 75%. It takes 20 years to recover, but it also has rich volcanic soil.

The volcano San Marcos is the warmest, highest rainfall and earliest blooming area of the eight coffee producing areas in Guatemala. During the rainy season from the end of April to mid-November, the annual rainfall in some areas can even reach 200 inches. Due to climatic conditions and unexpected rainfall, most estates have their own washing plants, and then leave the coffee in the yard to semi-dry and then dry at a low temperature.

Altitude: 1300-1800m

Rainfall: 4000-5000mm

Temperature: 21-27 ℃

Relative humidity: 70-80%

Harvest season: December-March

Soil: volcanic soil

Main drying method process: sunshine and dryer

▎ main flavor tonality ▎

With cedar, flower fragrance, bright acidity and full thickness.

Cedar, floral, bright acidity, full body

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