Is Starbucks Guatemala Antigua Coffee a perfect Coffee? What kind of taste?

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Starbucks Collection Collection Mala Guadurse Coffee comes from the Agua Durse in Kuerco, which is located in the province of Vivette Nango, near the Guardia Kuchu Matanes Mountains in the southwest. The Maraku Chumatanes Mountains is the highest non-volcanic mountain region in Central America. High elevations and windy villages are the most common spectacular environmental features in this region.

Vivette Nango province, located in the southwest of Guatemala near the Mexican border, is a famous region in the world for producing high-quality Guadimara coffee beans. The name of the Agua Durse cooperative comes from the rich water resources in the region-Aguadurse means "sweet water". Mala Guadurse coffee in the classic melon land is artificially picked and then treated-first, the pulp is removed by adding water and fermented naturally in a fermentation tank made of cement. finally, the coffee can be washed and fully sunburned in the cement channel.

The Agua Durse Cooperative was established in 1972 with a clear mission to promote social and economic prosperity and the development of family culture through financial assistance and the commercialization of coffee farmers' organizations. This is a small Fairtrade certified cooperative with 53 members with an average annual output of only 30 bags per small coffee farmer (69KG1 bags are the standard in Central America) the coffee bean label information is inspired by the lush plant ecology and rich water resources of Vivette Nango province, while the color is inspired by the bright traditional textiles of Guatemala.

Antigua is a famous coffee producer in Guatemala. Rich volcanic soil, low humidity, strong sunlight and cool night breezes are characteristic of Antigua. Antigua is a flat highland surrounded by three spectacular active volcanoes, Agua, Acetenago and Fuego. Rain Water is less, fortunately, volcanic activity is frequent, resulting in a large number of light stones in the soil (many soft pores), which is easy to maintain moisture and humidity.

It keeps the humidity of Antigua at 65% all the year round, overcoming the problem of lack of rain. Volcanic activity also provides more nitrogen to already fertile land. Antigua has a large temperature difference between day and night, which is conducive to the development of fruit aroma, but occasionally Frosts Descent in winter is not conducive to the growth of coffee. In order to reduce frost damage, coffee estates in Antigua have high-density shade trees to form an insulation film so that coffee trees will not be frostbitten. The fertile soil, moisturizing light stone and dense shade trees make up Antigua's unique microclimate. And then give birth to a very balanced coffee flavor.

Elegant and meticulous is the impression of the first sip of Guatemala, mild acidity and medium mellow, is a gentle coffee. When you taste it again, you can taste the rich cocoa, just like a mouthful of chocolate milk, filled with the warm grease and sweetness of cocoa. If you taste it carefully, you can drink more mild spice flavor, like the softness of spice red wine. This coffee bean has an incredible level and balance, and sometimes a familiar sweet aroma of roasted sweet potato.