COLOURFUL [V18] - CATUAÍ, CATURRA & PACHE BLEND - GUATEMALA

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LONDON, ENGLAND

COLOURFUL [V18] - CATUAÍ, CATURRA & PACHE BLEND - GUATEMALA

STRAWBERRY
WINE GUMS
HAZELNUT PRALINE

COMPOSITION: 50% GUATEMALA NATURAL, 50% GUATEMALA WASHED
PRODUCER: FREDY ORANTES, BUENA VISTA / RAMON PABLO CHALEZ, LOS PABLOS
ORIGIN: GUATEMALA / GUATEMALA
REGION: SANTA ROSA, FRAIJANES / ALDEA COM-Q'OM, JACALTENANGO, HUEHUETENANGO
VARIETAL: CATUAÍ / CATURRA, PACHE
ALTITUDE: 1870 MASL / 1735 - 1765 MASL
PROCESS: TRADITIONAL NATURAL / TRADITIONAL WASHED
IMPORT PARTNER: PRIMAVERA / PRIMAVERA

ROAST DATE: AUGUST 11, 2026

FROM THE ROASTER

SOURCING COFFEES THAT ARE EXCEPTIONALLY VIBRANT, BRIGHT AND INTENSELY EXPRESSIVE, THEN BLENDING THEM TOGETHER FOR A RAUCOUS CACOPHONY OF FLAVOUR. THIS BLEND WILL BE AN EXPLORATION OF MODERN PROCESSING AND VIBRANCY, A YEAR ROUND STAPLE OF INTENSE FRUIT-FORWARD NOTES. COFFEE IN FULL COLOUR, NOT JUST BLACK AND WHITE.

VERSION 18: A SHORT RUN VERSION WORKED OUT WITH OUR PALS FROM PRIMAVERA COFFEE. A LITTLE MORE OF A "TRADITIONAL" MIX THIS TIME - NO HIGHER INTERVENTION PROCESSING OR RARER VARIETIES, BUT STILL EMPHATICALLY COLOURFUL IN FLAVOUR PROFILE. SETTING THE BASE IS A TRADITIONAL NATURAL CATUAÍ FROM FREDY ORANTES (OF PACAMARA FAME), SHADE GROWN IN THE HOTTER, DRIER CLIMATE OF FRAIJANES - LOTS OF TROPICAL FRUIT, GUMMY SWEETS AND CLASSIC CATUAÍ SWEETNESS. ADDING ELEGANCE AND LIFT, A WASHED LOT FROM RAMON PABLO'S FLOR DEL CAFE PLOT AT FINCA LOS PABLOS - EVERYTHING WE EVER WANTED FROM A WASHED HUEHUE, WITH RIPE FRUITS, BRIGHT ACIDITY AND RICH SWEETNESS.

WE'RE TASTING

CONFECTIONARY AROMATICS OF MIXED BERRY DANISH AND VANILLA CRÈME PÂT. IN THE CUP THERE'S HEAPS OF FRESH RED FRUITS TO THE ACIDITY - STRAWBERRY, CHERRY AND RED GRAPE, WITH A WHITE CHOCOLATE AND HAZELNUT PRALINE CREAM SWEETNESS. AS IT COOLS IT BECOMES A BIT MORE LIKE GUMMY WINE GUMS, WITH GREENGAGE PLUM AND LIME ZEST ADDING LIFT.

PROCESS

TRADITIONAL NATURAL: RIPE CHERRIES DRIED IN WHOLE FRUIT IN THE WARM, DRY CLIMATE OF FRAIJANES, WHERE EXPERIENCED DRYING PRACTICE PRODUCES EXCELLENT NATURALS.

TRADITIONAL WASHED: A SLIGHTLY EXTENDED WET FERMENT WITH A SECONDARY SOAK, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THE CATURRA AND PACHE IN THIS LOT WANTED.

EACH LOT IS ROASTED SEPARATELY AND POST ROAST BLENDED.

HARVEST

CROP 25/26 - SECOND HARVEST PURCHASING FROM FREDY

CROP 25/26 - NEW PURCHASING RELATIONSHIP