Starbucks Coffee: Antigua, Guatemala

Antigua Coffee, Guatemala

Description: This is a coffee with special elegance and complexity. Delicate acidity balances subtle cocoa textures with soft spices.

Processing: washing method.

Location: Guatemala, the westernmost country in Central America, borders Mexico, Belize, Honduras and El Salvador. Antigua is in the south-central part of the country.

Similar coffee: Starbucks preferred coffee or Colombia coffee.

Flavors of food pairing: cocoa, apple, caramel, nuts.

Tasting suggestions:

Guatemala Antigua coffee is tasted with some simpler coffee (such as preferred coffee or breakfast blend coffee), cocoa powder is the main element in tasting Guatemala Antigua coffee. Although it has a chocolate flavor, its texture is the real reason for its excellence. Note how Guatemala Antigua coffee feels on the tongue. Guatemala Antigua coffee is smoother and softer than the apparent acidity of the first choice coffee and breakfast blend coffee.

More information about this coffee:

This outstanding coffee has always been a favorite of Starbucks coffee buyers and a specialty of the coffee world. And we have established a long-term, strong relationship with the people of Antigua.

Antigua produces some of Guatemala's best coffee, still has a traditional lifestyle and sits among three volcanoes. Coffee farmers from Antigua have a wealth of horticultural knowledge and are keen to produce great coffee. Antigua has always produced some of the best coffee in Central America.

Although Antigua coffee in Guatemala comes mainly from Antigua region, we also source coffee from 7 important coffee growing regions in Guatemala such as Huehuetanango, San Marcos and Atitlan.

We buy more coffee from Guatemala than from any other coffee-producing country.

Excerpts about Antigua Coffee in Guatemala

Guatemala Antigua coffee is my favorite morning coffee. Even if I don't want to get up some mornings, the aroma of Guatemala Antigua coffee wakes me up: "Time to get up." The fragrance brings a wonderful feeling, let me actively welcome every day!

-Pamela Fleetwood, store partner, Seattle, Washington, DC, USA

National Information

Population: 14.7 million (2005 estimate)

Area: 108,890 km2

Education: 71%

Life expectancy: 65 years

Fun fact:

Guatemala is the most populous and largest Central American country.

Agriculture accounts for more than 50 per cent of the population, industry for 15 per cent and services for 35 per cent.

Agricultural products include: sugar, corn, bananas, coffee, beans, cardamom, cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens.

Guatemala cardamom is also used in some Tazo tea products.

Source: Starbucks official website www.starbucks.cn