Guatemala – 2023 AnaCafe One Of A Kind Winning Lot #2 – Finca Villaure – Washed Borbon

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89.58 Cupping Score – An amazing award winning cup for a stellar price. #2 winning lot from this years AnaCafe One Of A Kind Competition.

The Anacafe One Of A Kind competition highlights stellar coffees with unique taste profiles. Hundreds enter, 20 win, then hit an international auction. This is the #2 winning lot from a farm we have worked with before. This offering is a Borbon Arabica, washed processed, which is a rare strain for Guatemalan coffees. Although widely recognized and grown throughout the world now a days, it is mostly found in African coffees. Rwanda/Burundi.

Tasting Notes: Best served in the light to medium roast range. A top shelf, rare example of traditional Huehue coffee. Lighter roasts are full of white wine like acidity and floral tones. Pulls some balance with a complex malty undertone, but just a hint. Lighter roasts will be all about the more acidic “lighter” toned components. We have not seen a clean Guat this sizzling or winy for quite some time. A great roast level but not for everyone. If you do not like more acidic/floral cups, bring it to a medium roast for much a smoother example. It will cut out the more blasty features and accentuate the richer darker tones. Darker roasts do work very well, that classic malty-ness mixing with roasty notes is quite tasty and the cup retains a sweet edge… but the cleanliness and brightness of this cup are what separates it from average, will get a bit lost at darker roasts.

Roasting Notes: An easy coffee to roast, beautiful prep and washed processed. Medium chaff levels. If shooting for lighter roasting, you can stop the roast before 1st crack is quite done, clean as a whistle. One can slow down the roast a bit to mute up a little brightness and winy factor, get a little less blasty and more complex lighter roast. Medium to dark, good to roast a bit quicker, retains a little more crispness increasing the complexity.

Mr. Aurelio Villatoro had the privilege to be born in the coffee environment; as a child he devoted himself to his elementary, secondary and diversified studies. At the end he returned to “Finca La Esperanza”, owned by his father, to practice his profession as an Automotive Mechanic but with the hope of giving continuity to the coffee production and that was how in 1986 he founded his own farm “Villaure”, name that carries his surname and first name.

He started with a very small productive area but with enthusiasm, dedication and hard work, he came to increase its productivity. From 2002 to 2019, it has received several national and international awards for the excellent quality of its coffee.

Currently, Mr. Villatoro feels very satisfied because his children Jenner Villatoro and Rodin Villatoro are giving continuity to the efforts that for years they have been making in the Guatemalan coffee industry, being the third generation in coffee.

This farm has the privilege of being located on the slopes of one of the three mountains that surround it, which causes a very special micro climate suitable for coffee plantations. Due to the topography of the land and its position, it receives abundant heat in the morning and in the afternoon the sun arrives with less intensity. This makes it different and unique in the quality of coffee.

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