Region |  Cipresales, San Antonio Huista
Altitude | 1700 MASL
Process | Washed
Variety | Caturra, Bourbon, Pache, Catuaí

We've been fortunate to unearth some really distinctive and exciting coffees from Guatemala in the last year or two, many from this part of Huehuetenango.  

This latest (and sweetest) example is from the La Esperanza farm, meaning "The Hope", run by Francisco Morales and his wife for the last 40 years.

Situated in Cipresales, the coffee grown on this 117 hectare farm benefits from the shade of Gravilea and Chalun trees.  This helps to slow the development of the coffee plant and improve the flavour of the seed.  Francisco is constantly working on changes to processing and drying and this has resulted in a number of Huehuetenango Highlands coffee prizes.

This year's coffee was dried under shade nets in an effort to improve the quality and longevity of flavour.

La Esperanza - as enjoyable to drink, as it is to say.