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Taste of Guatemala Fine Coffee Bean with Too Unique Taste Description

Published: 2024-09-19 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2024/09/19, I have tried geisha coffee from different countries. A cup from Guatemala, from Acatenango. Because the taste is too unique, the characteristics of the place of origin are completely overshadowed. If the geisha show in Panama is a one-legged show, Guatemala, which has a variety of planting environments, is a stage where different varieties bloom; Emerald Manor wins the championship with geisha and plays with it for a while.

The author has tried geisha coffee produced in different countries. One from Guatemala, from the Acatenango district. Because the taste is too unique, the characteristics of the origin are completely overshadowed.

If the performance of a geisha in Panama is an one-man show, Guatemala, which has an ever-changing planting environment, is a big stage for different varieties to blossom; the Emerald Manor won the championship with a geisha, and for a moment there is Finca El Injerto (Graft Manor) in Huehuetenango, Guatemala.

Grafted manor won many honors

The coffee that grafted the manor has won the prize in the COE contest every year since 2004 and won the presidential grade in 06, 08, 09 and 10 (i.e. a total score of more than 90 points).

But unlike the Jade Manor, which competes with geisha, it competes with different kinds of beans every year. I still remember that in 2010, it won the title of 93.14 points for the Pacamara species, which was rated as "low acid and light taste" at that time, and brought up the planting fever throughout Central America! It can be seen that soil, climate and treatment are as important as bean genes.

Since 2011, Graft, like the Emerald Manor, has held its own auction, in which a rare ancient species, Mocha, was sold in 2012 for a record price of US $550 (about HK $4290) per pound, making headlines in the New York Times.

The author's shop is the first coffee shop in Hong Kong to participate in COE and successfully win the bid. Friends who are interested in Guatemalan award-winning coffee might as well have a try.

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