Rodin Villatoro • Washed-Processed Bourbon, Caturra Alaska lot from the Hoja Blanco Family Farm
Tasting Notes Chocolate Bar - As a washed Guatemalan coffee, you always get some cocoa notes in the terroir of the bean. A decadent dark chocolate bar is sort of the idea behind this note. Sugar Cookie - a nice developed sweetness comes through in the profile of the cup, rendering sugar cookie a helpful descriptor. PB & J - A great combination of sweetness to nutty smoothness in this cup has us thinking like a peanut butter jelly sandwich. A real subtle hint of malic acid comes through, but not enough to earn itself a full slot in our list of notes. Our Time with Aurelio Villatoro Aurelio Villatoro is the kind of coffee producer we love to work with: one who exemplifies hard work and hospitality. Beginning with only the farm his dad left to him, Villatoro has grown his corner of the world into a multigenerational family enterprise of small coffee farms in Huehuetenango, Guatemala, in a high valley called Hoja Blanca. Since the early 2000s, the Villatoro family has been winning