Product
Todos Santos
Country
Republic of Guatemala
Certificates
Cup Profile
A clean and well balanced cup with fruity plum notes. Chocolate notes round up to give a great body.
Description
The small producers group of „Todos Santos“, in the Huehuetenango Region, lives in the small village of San Martin Teogal. This small community plants and produces its coffee on the very top of the Cuchumatanes Mountain Range, the highest in Guatemala. Family and neighbours work on and live from the coffee plantations. They proudly produce up to 2500 bags per year.
Being isolated so far up the mountains their bourbon coffee plants are hardly ever affected by rust. The annual rainfall of 2500 mm and clay/sandy soil guarantee optimal growth for their cherries, which grow to a rich violet red under the shade of the chalum trees. They have a small wet mill and the coffee is 100% sundried.
The Todos Santos Community is one of the only ones that keep all of their Mayan traditions active, from the spoken dialect „Mam“ to the 260-day Mayan calender „Tzolkin“. Women, men and children wear the customary attire. For men this means red and white striped pants with a large blue collar on the shirt. For women it is the traditional purple „hupil“ blouse with a blue skirt.
Region
Todos Santos, Huehuetenango
Altitude
1600 to 1800 m
Average rainfall
2500 mm
Varieties
Bourbon, Caturra, Pache
Screen
SHB EP, screen 16
Harvest
January to April
Shipment
March to July
Preparation
washed
Owner
Faustino Gómez, Héctor Pablo Gómez, Evaristo Jeronimo, Viviano Pablo, Simeon Cruz and others
Soil Type
Arcilloarenoso
Annual Production
2000 - 2500 bags
Bag Size
69 kg