GUATEMALA ASPROCDEGUA
SINGLE ORIGIN
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Tasting Notes
- Harvest Notes
- Farm Notes
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Roast Level: Medium
Aroma: Candied almonds
Flavor: Baked apple, milk chocolate, nut butter
Acidity: Balanced
Body: Creamy
Finish: Baking spices -
Farm: Various smallholder farms of ASPRODEGUA
Region: Huehuetenango
Altitude: 1600 - 2200 m
Varietals: Bourbon, Catimor, Caturra, Maragogype, Pache
Harvest: December - May
Production Method: Washed -
Asociación de Productores de Café Diferenciados y Especiales de Guatemala (ASPROCDEGUA) is a producing organization founded by master cupper Noe Quintero. There are 664 contributing members to the organization, most of whom are certified organic. The producing members own small farms, an average of 2 hectares each, on which they plant coffee as well as other crops for diversification, including bananas, citrus fruit like oranges and lemons, avocado, guava, and cassava.
The organization offers its members access to technical assistance and routinely provides services such as soil analysis, test farms, and social projects based on food security, education, and nutrition.