Guatemala Antigua Coffee History Share Guatemala Coffee Best Hand Brewing Method Brief

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Front Street-introduction to the History of Antigua, Guatemala

The ancient city of Guatemala, Antigua (Antigua Guatemala), was listed in the earliest "World Heritage list" published by UNESCO in 1979, earlier than the Acropolis, Taj Mahal, Angkor Wat, etc., and was selected in the same batch as the ancient city of Damascus, the Egyptian Pyramids and Yellowstone Park in the United States.

Antigua Guatemala, like Mexico City, was once the political and military center of Spanish colonial rule, with parks and cathedrals, churches, monasteries, seminary and monuments, and chessboard roads around it. This layout has the characteristics of a typical Spanish colonial city, and the whole city is full of beautifully decorated Baroque buildings.

Fuego, near the ancient city of Antigua, is the most active. The volcano erupted in June 2018, which, according to locals, caused unprecedented casualties of nearly 600 people. Ash smoke rose to 10, 1000 meters, lava flowed 8 kilometers, many villages were trapped, houses were on fire, and villagers who had no time to escape were buried in flames. Some tourists who were watching the eruption on the mountain at that time had no bones left, which once dealt a heavy blow to the local tourism industry.

After the Fuego volcano erupted in 2018, the area around the volcano has been banned, and only several other dormant volcanoes nearby are allowed to climb. Until now, Fuego volcano continues to spew magma and smoke every day, dark red lava can be seen on the hillside, and the area around the ancient city is still a tourist attraction for active volcanoes, attracting explorers and adventurers from all over the world.

However, it is because of the existence of volcanoes that has created the wealth and prosperity of the ancient city of Antigua. The hills and gentle slopes of volcanic ash and dust are the most suitable places to grow coffee beans, which are found in all the top coffee producing areas in the world.

The altitude here is relatively high, the climate is mild, and it belongs to a subtropical climate. Under the influence of this climate, coffee trees blossom and bear fruit more slowly than coffee trees in other parts of the world. Connoisseurs say this kind of coffee is the best and most unusual coffee in the world. Antigua Guatemala is one of the main producing areas of coffee, the beans here belong to bourbon coffee beans, is one of the more sour varieties, coffee beans high density, mellow taste and slightly wild, satisfying.

Antigua coffee is a boutique coffee, most of which are brewed by hand. On the other hand, the coffee in Guatemala is generally roasted in medium and shallow, so it is necessary to have the right proportion to highlight the flavor.

Ratio of powder to water: 1:15 grinding degree: medium and fine grinding water temperature: 91 °hand flushing: three-stage extraction this is the parameter that can most highlight the flavor of fine coffee.

Knowledge: Guatemala is home to more than 300 microclimates, which can be called the largest in the world.

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