The King of Fine Coffee-- introduction to the Variety of Rosa Fine Coffee

Guatemala Rosa-Akatilan fruit producing area (Guatemala Acatenango Gesha).

In 2007, Guatemala added the eighth coffee producing area, Acatenango Valley (R), which we translated into "Akatilang region".

In 2007, Anacaf é (Guatemalan Coffee Association) not only promoted it at the SCAA exhibition, but also arranged a special topic to explain to the international judges during the national competition. In the past, Guatemala claimed to have seven major producing areas, not only distinguishing features, but also giving buyers and consumers a good memory. Antigua, Micro Plateau, Lake Attitan, Koban Rain Forest and so on, each district can find excellent manors and good coffee with local characteristics.

Acatenango is located in Chimaltenango province, Guatemala. More than 5000 hectares of coffee farms in the region have fertile volcanoes, mainly located in two major volcanic mountains, and almost all have forests and shade trees. As can be seen from the above photos, almost all of the estates are shaded and planted, and the main varieties are bourbon and some Catuai and Caturra.

Akatilango two major volcanoes, Volcan de Fuego and Volcan Acatenango respectively, especially Acatenango is the third peak of Central American volcanoes, and across the Fuego volcano is the Yatitan Lake region. The annual rainfall in this area is 48 to 72 inches, and the average annual temperature is 14 ~ 31 degrees C. the temperature difference is large enough, so the density of beans is compact, which is helpful to the flavor. The coffee harvest season is mainly from mid-January to March. At present, the Kaqchiquels people still live in this area and maintain traditional farming methods; there are a total of about 4000 farmers in this area, and coffee planting dates back to 1880.