Biscotti + Poached Pear
The unique microclimate of Huehuetenango is created by hot air sweeping in from Mexico and cool air travelling down the Cuchumantanes Mountains, keeping frost at bay in the high altitude and allowing for coffee crops to be grown at upward of 2000masl. The result is high quality cups with sparkling acidity and delicate fruit flavours.
The varieties in this years Finca Terrazas offering are San Ramon and Caturra, both dwarf mutations of the well-known Bourbon coffee variety. As well as being delicious, high quality dwarf varieties like these are desirable for their ability to be planted close together in high density crops, maximizing output.
Coffee cherries at Finca Terrazas are hand-picked at their ripest and delivered to the wet-mill at neighbouring Finca La Bolsa where they are pulped and dry fermented for 60 hours before washing. It then takes 10-12 days for beans to fully dry through a combination of traditional sun drying on patios and mechanical drying.
COUNTRY: Guatemala
SUB REGION, REGION: La Libertad, Huehuetenango
FARM NAME / WET MILL: Finca Terrazas
PROCESSING & FERMENTATION: Washed
MASL: 1750 - 2100
