Guatemala Xinabajul San Pedro Necta

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Balanced cup flavors and moderate acidity, broad bittersweet tones, chocolate wafer cookie, dark drinking cocoa, caramel-sweet finish, hints of spice and tea in the aftertaste. City to Full City+. Good for espresso.

Total Score: 87.4
Product Overview
Full Cupping Notes

The dry fragrance smelled sweet with raw sugar notes, moderately bittersweet underneath, and an accent of roasted nut. Pouring hot water on the grounds extracted a caramelized sweetness, torched sugar, oatmeal cookie, and a cocoa/fruit note that brought chocolate-covered raisins to mind. At City roast level the brewed coffee had a nice balance of perceived sweetness and bittering roast flavors, carried by thick body. More was revealed as the coffee cooled, broad bittersweet tones, dark chocolate wafer cookie, dark drinking cocoa, along with hints of spice, and black tea. The finish is caramel-sweet, with some tea bittering that brings a bright spot to the cup. Our Full City roast boasted complex low tones that came across like high % dark chocolate bar laced with burnt sugars, hints of almond and raisin. Lighter roasts had a mouth refreshing characteristic in the acidity, whereas Full City and Full City+ were more tangy chocolate. Evaluated as espresso, I enjoyed the intermingling of syrupy chocolate and carbonized sugar notes, accented by a hint of lemon rind, all wrapped up in a satiny mouthfeel that leads to a super long finish.

COFFEE DETAILS
process methodWet Process (Washed)
cultivarBourbon Types, Caturra Types, Modern Hybrids, Typica Types
farm gateYes
Farm Notes

Origin & Farm Notes

This lot is a blend of coffees from four coffee producers in the San Pedro Necta municipality. The San Pedro growing region is perched high in the mountainous Huehuetenango, where farm altitude ranges from 1800 - 2000 meters above sea level. This coffee comes to us through a joint-effort between us and a San Pedro Necta micro-mill owner who, through the years, has introduced us to neighbors in his village, as well as in many of the surrounding townships nearby. He and his wife run an export business in Huehuetenango town, and have set up a really nice coffee lab where they roast and cup coffees, and ultimately separate out the different quality tiers together. It's always such a pleasure to visit and cup with them! It helps us greatly to enlist local support, folks who not only know the land but also the local farmers. We put in quite a bit of work ourselves, tasting many rounds of samples in order to identify the premium-level coffees, as well as make several trips to the area each year meeting with farmers and collecting information. This is part of our "Proyecto Xinabajul" in Huehuetenango, which you can read an in-depth and detailed description of the HERE.

Specs

Technical Specifications

Key specifications and operating details for this product.

region San Pedro Necta, Huehuetenango
processing Wet Process (Washed)
drying method Patio Sun-Dried
arrival date Aug 2025
lot size 40
bag size 69 KG
packaging GrainPro Liner
farm gate Yes
cultivar detail Bourbon, Caturra, Catuai, Typica
grade SHB EP
appearance .4 d/300gr, 15-17 Screen
roast recommendations City to Full City+
type Farm Gate
recommended espresso Yes
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