A brief introduction to the origin, development, history and culture of Antigua boutique coffee beans

Now that we are talking about the Vivette South Fruit producing area, we have to introduce the star manor here-El Injerto, whose name comes from the unique fruit name "Incht" in the Vivette Nanguo region. There are quite a variety of coffee trees in the manor. Here, Bourbon, Pacamara, Marago Gippe and other varieties are planted. It has an excellent record in Guatemala's COE competition history: nine times in the list, six times in the first place, and won the national championship three times in a row from 2008 to 2010. It is admirable that a manor has such a record in the coffee industry. It can be said that Incht is the most respected manor in Guatemala.

Coffee cultivation at Incht Manor began in 1900. With a total area of 720 hectares, it maintains 470 hectares of primeval forest in order to maintain the natural and precious microclimate. To prevent the microclimate of the whole manor from being affected by excessive reclamation. The use of reasonable farming methods to protect soil nutrients, so that soil quality will not be gradually degraded by long-term cultivation, so as to maintain rich organic matter. In addition, the hardware facilities of the Incht treatment plant are complete, and the quality of the coffee is guaranteed in the later stage through orderly and scientific management. Incht is also very careful in the planting of coffee trees, whether in harvesting, pruning, or fertilization, coffee trees are carefully protected. The planting management of the whole manor has the advanced concept of symbiosis and win-win with ecology. As a result, Incht was certified by the Rainforest Alliance.

In the world of coffee, each producing country distinguishes multiple producing areas, and there will be many manors in different producing areas. The different varieties and processing methods of coffee planted in the manor will eventually lead to differences in the flavor of coffee. Even the microclimate of the producing area is skillfully affecting the quality of coffee. However, this is the charm of coffee. Every good cup of coffee condenses the hard work and wisdom of coffee people, and it is precisely because of all this that coffee is given a complex and changeable flavor.

Between 1950 and 1954, the ruling president Jacobo Abens implemented land reform, when big landlords, who accounted for 2 per cent of the country's population, owned about 70 per cent of the country's arable land. Arbens wrote a check for land reform, promising to buy the land held by the big landlords and redistribute it to small farmers. Arbens won the election, and the land reform plan was carried out immediately. Landlords who own more than 223 acres of land will be expropriated as long as there is land not used for production. In the end, an average of 4300 acres of land was expropriated from 1059 farms, and about 100, 000 farmers were given ownership of the land. [7]

United Fruit has its largest estate in Guatemala, and it also owns medium

Guatemala

Guatemala

Inter-American Railway and the only seaport in Guatemala. Driven by the United Fruit Company, the US Ministry of Foreign Affairs began a propaganda war against Guatemala to crack down on the Arbens regime in the name of anti-communism. The Central Intelligence Agency, in cooperation with the opposition among Guatemalan soldiers, launched an operation called Operation PBSUCCESS. [7]

In 1954, Arbens was overthrown and Castillo Armas became the new dictator. The new government immediately invalidated all reforms. Enter the period of transition between the right-wing military government and the literati government. [1]

In 1957, Armas was assassinated and his heir was a soldier who was already known for his bloodshed in the dictatorship of the 1940s. [7]

In 1960, leftist military groups appeared in Guatemala. [1]

In 1982, the leftist guerrillas across the country merged to form the "National Revolutionary Alliance of Guatemala" and armed struggle spread throughout the country. Farmers dissatisfied with the overthrow of the Arbens regime organized a guerrilla group in which more than 100,000 people were killed and millions displaced. In September 1982, the persecution of the local Mayans by the Guatemalan army was close to genocide, and more than 9000 Mayans were killed. Since 1983, persecution on the part of the Government of Guatemala began to decrease and the country began to democratize again. However, the disparity between the rich and the poor has not been solved, and only a small number of people who account for 1% own more than 60% of the arable land and wealth. In 1985, Guatemala reorganized the general election. [7]

In December 1996, the government of Arzu (National Vanguard Party) and the National Revolutionary Union of Guatemala reached a final peace agreement, which officially ended 36 years of civil strife in Guatemala. [1]

In 1996, the 36-year guerrilla war ended by signing a peace treaty. [7]

In the general election in Guatemala on November 9, 2003, Oscar Berhe, the candidate of the National Grand League, was elected president, and the National Grand League is the most powerful party in Congress. The participation rate is 54.5%. [7]

On September 9, 2007, presidential and congressional elections. Otto Perez Molina and Alvaro Colom entered the second round of voting in the presidential election. At 10:00 that evening (local time), the Central Election Commission announced that Colom had won by 5.4%, becoming Guatemala's first left-wing president in 53 years.

On November 6, 2011, in the second round of voting in the general election in Guatemala, Otto Perez Molina, on behalf of the Patriotic Party, defeated LIDER member Manuel Baldison with 54.48% of the vote, becoming the 48th president of Guatemala.

Guatemala is bordered by Mexico to the north, Honduras and El Salvador to the south, the Caribbean to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west, with tropical rain forests, volcanic geology, plateau valleys and changeable microclimate. Guatemalan coffee once enjoyed a reputation as the best quality coffee in the world. The extra-hard coffee beans here are full-grained, delicious and balanced, and the coffee made with it is pure and rich.

There are few places in the world that offer a variety of high-quality coffee beans like those produced in Guatemala. The excellent quality of Guatemalan coffee beans is due to the unique conditions of their producing areas, including different climate change in each region, rich soil formed by volcanoes, abundant natural water resources, high-altitude mountains and shady and moist forests.

Guatemala has seven major coffee producing areas: Antigua,Coban,Atitlan,Huehuetenango,Fraijanes,Oriente and San Marcos.

The coffee beans in each producing area have their own characteristics, and they have won a lot of praise for Guatemala in the international community, especially the perfect coordination of the sour, sweet and mellow texture of Antigua; with a touch of smoke and a little more emphasis on its mystery, you will have a reason not to look for alternatives everywhere after tasting.

Here, the slopes of Sierra Madre volcano provide ideal conditions for growing high-quality coffee beans, and coffee growing at high altitudes is full of vitality. Compared with other kinds of coffee, tasters prefer this mixed flavor coffee with spicy flavor. The extra-hard coffee beans here are a rare good coffee with full grains, delicious taste and balanced acidity. In addition, Guatemala has attracted a lot of attention because of its giant coffee beans.

Antigua is a famous producer of coffee. Antigua coffee is produced in Hacienda Carmona, where the best quality coffee is EL Pulcal, which is not only of good quality, but also has a stronger flavor, richer taste and stronger tobacco flavor than other Guatemalan coffee. Every 30 years or so, the area near Antigua is hit by a volcanic eruption, which provides more nitrogen to the already rich land, and plenty of rainfall and sunshine make the place more suitable for growing coffee

Like Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Honduras and other Central American countries, Guatemala is classified on the basis of altitude. Coffee produced at high altitudes is generally of higher quality than at lower altitudes, because the higher the altitude, the lower the temperature. At high elevations, the slower the coffee grows, the more beneficial it will be to the accumulation of good substances. That's why there is a way to classify quality by altitude. So what is the grading method based on altitude? Let's take Guatemala as an example. The higher the altitude, the higher the density of coffee beans and the higher the grade of raw coffee beans:

The highest grade is SHB (Strictly Hard Bean) very hard beans, which are grown above 1350m above sea level.

Followed by HB (Hard Bean) hard beans, planted at 1200m~1400m above sea level.

There are also SH (Semi Hard Bean) slightly hard beans, which are planted at an altitude of 1200m.