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Puerta Verde means green gate, and the landowner thinks that entering this gate will lead you to the finest coffee garden in Antigua! (Puerta Verde, la puerta al mejor Caf é de Antigua,which means "Green Door, the gate to best coffee in Antigua")

Green Gate Manor has grown coffee for nearly 200 years and is now in operation by the fourth generation of the family. This is a typical modern manor in Antigua, located at high altitude, planting shade and planting bourbon species. The manor is beautifully organized and pays attention to ecological relations, especially the deliberate preservation of local species and the construction of a suitable environment for migratory birds.

The following is the vacuum packaging appearance of the winning beans in this batch of Green Gate Manor, as well as the old banknotes collected by the manor, which is a beautiful sketch of collecting coffee and cherry fruits.

Antigua's unique micro-geography forms its unique flavor:

(1) Multi-functional volcanic fertile soil: there are three major volcanoes Acatenango in Antigua (at present, this volcano is the eighth producing area of Guatemala), Fuego and Agua Volcanoes. Among them, Fuego- is an active volcano, and its active ability brings to the coffee area of Antigua in addition to the fertile fiery soil, as well as unique volcanic pumice. She is the coolant after the eruption of volcanic magma, has the properties of porosity and thermal insulation, and is very suitable for moisturizing in the soil, because Antigua is the seven major producing areas with the least rainfall, coffee growth very much needs enough water, and the moisturizing capacity of volcanic pumice here happens to make up for the lack of rainfall. At the same time, the growing coffee fruit has a unique flavor of the producing area.

(2) High-density shading trees: in addition to shading, it can also prevent frost damage and form a unique microclimate. Due to the occasional frost damage in Andigua area between December and February due to cold nights, high-density shading trees are effective to avoid coffee frost. at the same time, the groundwater level in Andigua area is not deep, these shade trees are easy to absorb water. Form a microclimate suitable for plant growth with the surrounding coffee trees.

(3) the sharp temperature difference between day and night is of great help to the sweetness and unique flavor of coffee berries.

(4) High altitude: for coffee trees growing at high altitude, the beans are hard, the aroma of coffee is higher and the flavor is more prominent.

The cup test instructions of the international judges on the winning beans of the Green Gate Manor are as follows:

Aroma/Flavor sweet herb, perfume, roses, strong floral taste, cedar, sweet licorice, orange zest, sandalwood, butterscotch, pineapple, Acidity- bright, refined, Notes- elegant, juicy.

And our cup test report is as follows: country: Guatemala producing area: Antigua award mark: 2009 Guatemala Cup of Excellence competition No.7

Manor: Guatemala Genuine Antigua Finca Puerta Verde altitude: 1539 m treatment plant: outsourced treatment (washing method)

Variety: bourbon species, Bourbon grade: SHB harvest time: 2009 description: this batch is the 7th place in Guatemala CoE National Coffee Competition

Cup test report: dry fragrance: fruit aroma, delicate aroma, sucrose sweet, citrus, grapefruit sour sweet wet fragrance: flower fragrance, taffy chocolate, grapefruit crushed aroma: very sweet, vanilla plant

Sipping flavor: good cleanliness, very good sweetness, sweet caramel, sweet sucrose, sweet honey, good grease, fresh grapefruit flavor, clear aroma, flower aroma, essential oil, citrus, blueberry, vanilla plant aroma, caramel, long-lasting aftertaste this is a good coffee that is not expected to take a few more mouthfuls in the mouth, and the aroma in the mouth will make people want to taste it carefully and reluctant to let the fragrance go!