Origin: Guatemala
Process: Natural
Farm: Cooperativa El Porvenir
Crop Year: 2022
Varietal: Caturra, Bourbon, Yellow Catuai
Tasting Notes: Milk Chocolate, Berries, Cream, Wafers
Roast: Medium
Brew Method: Filter, Aeropress, Cold Brew
The Ayarza Wine Series is a collection of deeply fruited, markedly winey coffees, each processed differently: washed, honey, and natural processed. Each of these displays intense fruits, slightly fermented character reminiscent of wine, candied sweetness, and depth of body, each through their unique lens. Our roastery chose to showcase the Ayarza Natural. Its intense fruits, wine, candied sweetness notes are the reason we are in love with this coffee.
Cooperativa El Porvenir represents the hard work and dedication of nine producing families and twenty eight farms in the area surrounding Laguna de Ayarza, in South East Guatemala. Farming families include the Lorenzo, Zapata, Aguirre, Najera, Mendez, Sandoval, Ortega, Martinez, and Barrera families. Average growing altitude in this region is 1800 MASL, and coffees are processed at 1500 MASL. Farmers grow red and yellow Catuaí, Pache, and red and yellow Bourbon. Coffees are dried 5-6 days on the patios, then finished in guardióas. Shade trees in this area include broadleaf and conifers.
