Guatemala Los Dos Socios
Origin: Guatemala Region: Huehuetenango Producer: Don Concepción Villatoro Matias Variety: Bourbon, Caturra Altitude: 1750 Meters Above Sea Level Processing: Washed Process Flavor Notes: Muddled Orange + Nougat We are excited to bring back this coffee from the Los Dos Socios farm in Guatemala for the third year now! Coffee was introduced to Guatemala through immigration in the mid-1800’s. At the time, the government of Guatemala encouraged agriculture, and in particular, coffee. What was previously the main export crop, indigo, had failed and the government encouraged these new migrants to replace it with coffee production. From there, Guatemala quickly grew to become one of the top five coffee producers in the world, although their place has since waned as coffee production has grown elsewhere. The country has several coffee growing regions, one of which is the highly-prized Huehuetenango region, which is known for full-bodied coffees that tend to be more fruit-forward than other re