La Libertad de Cuilco (5 Lbs)

Character Notes

Caramel, Candy bar, Buttery body, Raisin

Roast

Medium

Packaging

Net Wt. 5 Lbs (2.27 Kg)

Description

La Libertad de Cuilco comes from coffee gardens in La Libertad Huehuetenango, one of the key coffee-growing regions in Guatemala where the Arturo Villatoro family has produced coffee for generations. With deep exposure to the full growing process and fueled with enthusiasm, the family is proud to produce high quality beans – the ingredients of your cup today.

The coffee gardens in La Libertad Huehuetenango are covered by mature shade trees – Chalum, Mandarín, and Capulin –  to protect the Bourbon, Caturra, and Maragogype plants below.  The gardens are self-sufficient with their own wet mill and mechanical dryer operated by the family. Coffee cherries are carefully picked according to quality with pure mountain spring water used for processing the coffees. This allows the workers to remove any inferior, less dense beans from the harvest. The coffee is then fermented for 36 hours, before being washed and prepared for drying. The mechanical dryer allows the family to increase their output, with the first harvest between January and February being dried by the sun on patios, and the late harvest dried using the mechanical dryer.

This is a washed whole bean coffee. Ground options are available.