Guatemala San Diego Buena Vista Java

About the Coffee

Flavor Profile: Clove, candied orange peel, tart rose hips tea, raisin, lemon
Cup Score: 87.5
Region: Acatenango, Guatemala
Grower: Finca San Diego Buena Vista 
Altitude: 1500 Meters
Processing: Wet Process (Washed)
Drying Method: Patio Sun-Dried
Cultivar: Java

Full Cupping Notes

This Java cultivar is strapped with sweetness, and the subtle top notes that bring out an elegant side. The fragrance of the dry grounds have a clean scent of raw sugars laced with baking spices, cardamom and allspice powder, and loose-leaf black tea. The sweetness in the wet aroma is perfumed with potent brown sugars, minimally-processed types, such as turbinado or sucanat. Java cultivars can be tea-like and delicate.

Full Coffee Details

This is a special small lot of Java variety coffee from Finca San Diego Buena Vista. The Java cultivar originated from Ethiopia, but had stop overs in Java and Cameroon, then finally Central America. The coffee is identifiable by the elongated shape of the seeds/beans, often described as having a "canoe" shape. The Java cultivar is seen throughout parts of Central America, most broadly represented in Nicaragua and Guatemala. It is recognized as producing unique cup flavors, specifically exhibiting tea-like top notes, and mouth-cleansing acidity. This lot shows some of those delicate notes in quiet proportion. San Diego Buena Vista is a 1500 meter farm just outside of Antigua, with a variety of separations of Bourbon, Typica, and Java. They have separated all the cultivars on the farm, and maintain a beautiful condition of the mill. The mill is a vintage one with amazingly well kept-up machinery and the care is evident at every turn.